Looking for an Easy Fix: The Great Banking Crisis Five Years Later

12 years ago

Greed, malfeasance, incompetence and a lack of both regulation and oversight brought the world perilously close to a financial Armageddon…

An Actor Out of His Depth: Clooney Keeps an Eye on Sudan

12 years ago

US heartthrob George Clooney – according People Magazine the Sexiest Man Alive – has found a new calling: Spying. The…

Learning the Ropes in Peru: Chinese Companies Engage Local Communities

12 years ago

Chinese companies are learning how to navigate the tricky waters of community politics in perhaps the most unlikely of places:…

The War on Tax Evasion: How a Good Pursuit Gets Ugly

12 years ago

At first glance, the showdown between the US government and the Swiss banks seems to have produced a satisfactory outcome:…

Experts Debate Dubai’s Post-Recession Property Boom – Another Bubble or Sustained Recovery?

12 years ago

More than 750 senior real estate professionals prepped for Global Real Estate Summit and MENA Mortgage and Affordable Housing Congress…

Angola: Powering A Booming Economy with Renewables

12 years ago

Alternative, renewable energy is not merely an afterthought in oil-rich Angola as the country seeks to diversify its booming economy.…

Moving into Pakistan Big Time: China to Invest Serious Money

12 years ago

China has the money and is not afraid to invest it in Pakistan. The Chinese Water & Electric Corporation (CWE)…

A Flash in the Pan Fizzles Out: The Downfall of a Brazilian Tycoon

12 years ago

Playing the markets and getting at the mega-bucks with financial wizardry does not a businessman make: Brazil’s flamboyant Eike Batista…

Barking Up the Wrong Tree in St. Petersburg: G20 Hijacked by Syria Conflict

12 years ago

The world leaders gathered today in St. Petersburg for the G20 summit were supposed to discuss the slowdown of global…

Small Egypt Farmers Catch the Eye of Agribusiness: IFAD Finds Key to Success

12 years ago

Twenty-odd years ago, groups of dispossessed farmers and unemployed youth were resettled on smallholdings in Upper Egypt. Authorities told the…