Posted by admin on June 9th, 2008
ISLAMABAD: All major economic indicators, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), exports, Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM), saving and investment and tax collections witnessed negative growth in the outgoing fiscal year 2007-08.
Foreign Direct Investment: According to the State Bank of Pakistan data, the net foreign private investment during July-March 2007-08 has declined by 46.3 percent over the corresponding [...]
Posted by admin on May 17th, 2008
Mozambique expects foreign direct investment to climb 30 percent in the next four years as the economy expands, Finance Minister Manuel Chang said.
Investment will probably reach $450 million this year and $560 million by 2011, compared with $430 million in 2007, Chang said in an interview in Maputo, Mozambique today. Agriculture and tourism are likely [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
Mboweni Says South African Rand Adds to Inflation, Rate Concern
By Nasreen Seria
March 19 (Bloomberg) — This years slump in the South
African rand will keep inflation above the target range for longer
than forecast and add to pressure on interest rates, central [...]
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — London. Moodys Investors Service today announced the assignment of first-time sovereign
ratings for the Republic of Montenegro.
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Moodys has assigned a Baa1 country ceiling for long-term foreign currency debt and a Ba2 issuer rating for the foreign currency debt obligations of the government.
Montenegros ratings reflect the new [...]
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2008
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ISTANBUL, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Major Turkish conglomerate
Sabanci Holding’s investment budget for 2008 will be $1.5
billion, CNBCe television reported the group’s CEO Ahmet
Dorduncu as saying.
He was also reported as saying the largest share of the
budget will be allocated to energy projects. Sabanci’s energy
venture Enerjisa is partly [...]
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2008
NEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) - India on Friday approved 18
foreign direct investment proposals worth 15.53 billion rupees
($384 million), including by Essar group, Japan’s Teikoku
Piston Ring Co (6463.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and French insurer Societe Beaujon.
The finance ministry said in a statement India’s Essar
group plans to set up a [...]
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — Harvard Business School Associate Professor Laura Alfaro, an expert on international economics, has been selected as a Young Global Leader 2008 by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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This honor is bestowed each year to recognize the top 200-300 young leaders under the age of 40 from [...]
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2008
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ANKARA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment inflows
into Turkey reached around $22 billion in 2007, Turkey’s Finance
Minister Kemal Unakitan said in a speech on Friday.
Turkey had set a $25 billion target for FDI last year, but
it had long been clear that it would not [...]
Posted by admin on March 6th, 2008
The world is getting flatter, to borrow a metaphor, for the legal profession in part because of strong economic growth in emerging markets. China, for example, had nearly $70 billion in foreign direct investment in 2006, creating demand for international legal expertise in transactions, trade and [...]
Posted by admin on March 6th, 2008
Feldstein on Recession, OPEC, U.S. Debates: Weekend Roundup
Clinton Attacked by Obama and Edwards in New Hampshire Debate
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — The following are the main weekend
stories today and yesterday.
Feldstein Says U.S. Recession Is [...]
