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WORLD’S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2012
Global Finance names the World’sBest Emerging Market Banks 2012 inCentral & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 Global Finance...
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SAFEST BANKS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 2012
Global Finance names the Safest Banks in Central & Eastern Europe: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 Global Finance...
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WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2012
Global Finance announces a half-yearly update World’s 50 Safest Banks: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 Bank stability is...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Central Bank Independence Is Under Threat
MILESTONES: HUNGARY By Paula Green As if a weakening currency, surging public debt and three downgrades to junk bond status since November weren't enough to dissuade investors from sinking money into Hungary, they now have to deal with ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: Yandex / Russia
'RUSSIAN GOOGLE' BUYS SOFTWARE FIRM TO BOOST MOBILE OFFERINGS By Gordon Platt Yandex, the leading Internet search engine in Russia, with a 63% market share, purchased SPB Software last November to increase its mobile services. Yandex has ...
News
Cover Story: EUROPE 2020
AFTER THE TURMOIL: WHAT COMES NEXT? By Jonathan Gregson, Justin Keay and Vanessa Drucker How the European Union will look in 2020 is unclear. Whether it will see tighter union, a tiered eurozone, or will cease to exist ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Russia’s 18-Year Odyssey To Join The WTO Finally At An End
MILESTONES: RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan While attention in December was mostly focused on the evolving political environment in Russia, a major economic milestone was achieved on December 16, when the World Trade Organization formally accepted the country as ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: KGHM POLSKA MIEDŹ / Poland
POLISH COPPER, SILVER MINER ROLLS WITH THE PUNCHES By Gordon Platt After KGHM Polska Mied reported that its third-quarter 2011 profits had tripled from the same period a year earlier, the Polish government immediately announced a significant increase in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Deep Freeze On IMF Lending To Ukraine
MILESTONES: UKRAINE By Kim Iskyan The IMF’s $15 billion loan program to Ukraine looks increasingly likely to be suspended at least until parliamentary elections in October 2012, following an early November visit by the IMF that ended without recommending the resumption ...
Country Report
Country Report: Greece
BALANCING ACT By Vanessa Drucker Greece’s politicians must balance growth and austerity, but it will mean walking a tightrope with no safety net in sight. Greece needs a fresh blueprint for economic and social survival. Eurozone debt restructuring packages ...
Country Report
Country Report: Turkey
EVADING A HARD LANDING By Gordon Platt Turkey’s widening trade and current account deficits are making some investors nervous, but government officials are confident they can keep the fast-growing economy from overheating if they apply the proper mix of fiscal ...
Banking
EM Regional Review: CEE
WINTER OF DISCONTENT By Justin Keay Although there are some bright spots, many CEE countries face the prospect of another economic downturn thanks to tight European ties. For most countries in the postcommunist world, 2011 ...