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CFI Top 40 Billionaires in Emerging Markets 2012
The list is dominated by billionaires from the BRIC economies (65% out of the total number of billionaires). Of these, the Russian (and one Ukrainian) makes up more than half of the billionaires from BRIC economies and 38% of the
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Mines and Money Beijing 2012
Mines and Money Beijing is where mining companies from around the world come to raise capital in China. The event takes place in the capital city of the world’s most important natural resources buyer on 21 – 22 June 2012.
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NCCIM: Malaysian Economy to Retain Growth Momentum
OHOR BARU: Malaysia is expected to retain its growth momentum and expand at more than five per cent this year although faced with an uncertain global economic climate, said the National Council of Commerce and Industry Malaysia (NCCIM). Its Secretary
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Indonesia To Top “Happy Index”
Indonesian are the world’s most content people according to new research. Emerging markets and half of the BRIC economies (represented by India 2nd, and Brazil 4th) are top 4 in the recently published well-being or “Happiness” ranking. Mexico came 3rd.
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Can Malaysia Lay a New Silk Road?
Ben Lewis, The Asian Lawyer (20/02/12): For many international lawyers, the term Islamic finance immediately calls to mind images of the sleek Persian Gulf financial centers of Dubai and Doha. Kuala Lumpur is working to change that. The Malaysian capital
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Lending Helps JPMorgan, but 4th Quarter Was Soft
Wall Street, more than three years after the financial crisis, has loosened its lending tap. Consumers, however, have yet to reap the benefits. Results announced on Friday by the nation’s strongest and biggest bank by assets, JPMorgan Chase, point to a
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U.S. Trade Deficit and Consumer Sentiment Rise
The United States trade deficit widened in November to its largest point in five months, prompting some economists to slightly rein in growth expectations for the fourth quarter. A separate survey released on Friday showed that consumer sentiment hit an
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Let Mexico’s Moguls Battle
The Economist (04/02/12): Mexico suffers from two near-monopolies. It should let them fight each other IN A futuristic art gallery which Carlos Slim opened last year in Mexico City, visitors can enjoy, among other things, a hall of rare coins
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A New Generation of Banker
Brazilian Alessandra França, by no means fits the banking stereotype at only 26 she has already, established a bank for the poor after reading the biography of Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2006. By Marco dos Santos The young
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Brazilian Blowout Legally Labeled Carcinogenic … Will It Matter?
Amy Westervelt, Forbes (30/01/12): Last year women’s magazines and pop culture blogs were afire with the news that the popular Brazilian Blowout–an expensive salon treatment that promises to smooth and straighten hair for up to six months–released formaldehyde, a known
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