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Is eastern growth required to instigate a full global recovery?
Haruhiko Kuroda is President of the Asian Development Bank and chairman of ADB's board of directors
Generating credit during times of socio-political unrest proves a difficult task
Mohamed A. El-Erian is CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, and author of When Markets Collide
Downgraded forecasts look set to thicken the plot for smaller markets with high hopes
Jeffrey Frankel is Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University
2012 may be one of the most strenuous years for economic policy in living memory
Nouriel Roubini is Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, and Professor at the Stern School of Business at NYU
Economists worry that the current crisis could spell the end of globalisation
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a professor at Harvard, was recently rated as one of the most influential scholars of the past 20 years
In the long run, knowledge and technology are what matter for growth
Now a prominent financial risk consultant, Sean Harkin has previously worked in the field of cell and molecular biology
Deciphering economics is about more than just understanding the system itself
Robert Shiller is Professor of Economics at Yale University
For the first time the future of the global economy lies in the hands of poor countries
Dani Rodrik is Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University
Investor Relations
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Sarbanes-Oxley Act keeps firms in tune
The decade-old act that continues to keep a watchful eye. But is it enough?
News
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Rio bosses axe bonus on aluminium loss
Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday that its top executives will not take a bonus this year following an $8.8bn hit on its aluminium …
Business Education
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Executives turn to MBAs
As employment markets tighten, research suggests that more and more executives are considering education in order to further career prospects
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Technology
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Will MiFID offer sturdier regulation?
Bold new compliance steps aim to clean up markets in the eurozone. But will MiFID work?
Islamic Finance
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Islamic mortgages offer fresh alternative
Increasingly popular Halal products have become more and more appealing, offering well-considered and amiable rates
News
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012UBS joins Deutsche in 76 percent net profit loss
Switzerland’s biggest lender by assets, UBS AG, announced on Tuesday a 76 percent fall year-on-year in net profits for the fourth quarter of 2011 in …
Equities
Monday, February 6th, 2012Robert Easton’s new-look BVCA
Dr Robert Easton of the Carlyle Group has taken up the seat of chairman at the BVCA. It could mean great changes for the industry
News
Monday, February 6th, 2012Chinese bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
The Chinese government on Monday announced it has prohibited state-owned airlines from paying EU-imposed charges on carbon emissions. The move by the Civil Aviation Administration …
News
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Swiss bank Wegelin charged with tax evasion
The US Justice Department late on Thursday announced it had filed criminal charges against Wegelin & Co, Switzerland’s oldest private bank, for purportedly helping wealthy …
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Xstrata in merger talks with Glencore
The globe’s biggest listed commodities trader, Glencore International, and Anglo Swiss mining giant Xstrata, on Thursday announced they are in talks about a possible merger. …
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Zimbabwe
234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead
Japan
197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations
Greece
142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys
Lebanon
133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy
Iceland
126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel
Italy
119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership
Singapore
106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option
Belgium
101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus
Egypt
90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high
European Union
82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…
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