In spite of a run of bad news, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, believes India is on its way to becoming the world’s largest economy by 2050. He recently observed at the Centre for Strategic and Internati...

The Silicon Valley – the world-famous bastion for technological innovation – might have passed its glory days. Facing increasing competition from emerging markets such as China and India, the tech haven is suffering a ‘brain drain’...

Pulitzer award winner Thomas Friedman famously said in 1996: “There are two superpowers in the world today in my opinion. There is the US and there is Moody’s bond rating service. And believe me, sometimes it is not clear who is more powerful....

Ever since the financial crisis eased its grip, the construction industry has been plagued with a seemingly incurable post-recession hangover. Staggering in its severity, the sharp decline in construction between 2007 and 2009 resulted in steep losses amo...

Every time the euro rises or falls – and there’s been a fair amount of both lately – it asks tough questions of traders of what action to take. This is where white-label providers such as Saxo Bank play an increasingly important role. Sp...

The cheapest reserves of oil and gas are disappearing and continuing to use those fossil fuels which remain emits carbon is increasingly disrupting the global climate and economy. Older oil wells, such as those around the Persian Gulf, are economical with...

One would expect that this global marketplace has encouraged all countries to make their markets more attractive destinations for investment. In Canada, Georgia and Rwanda, efficient bureaucracy allows a foreign company to establish a subsidiary in less t...

For many years India has been a willing recipient of overseas investment in order to bolster its economy, provide funding in a market where western debt structures are underdeveloped, and to bring its business operations up to speed with international sta...

Gaddafi's LibyaBefore we went to press, the US imposed trade sanctions on Gaddafi’s regime. Whether it will have any effect is another thing. Trade embargoes don’t have an effective track record to point to, and in some cases simply stoke feel...

While the intent exists on both sides of the Atlantic to police the complex financial instruments that have come under fire for causing or exacerbating the latest global financial crisis, it is perhaps unsurprising that there are disagreements over how de...