Nigerian government spending has not slowed in the absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua and the economy is on course to grow a minimum of six percent this year, Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar has told reporters

President Obama asks Congress to approve a record $708bn in defense spending for fiscal 2011, but vows to continue his drive to eliminate unnecessary, wasteful weapons programmes.

China easily beat its 2009 growth target after a blistering fourth quarter performance that set the stage for further monetary tightening and put it on course to overtake Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy.

A brace of hugely profitable calls have made Philip Gibbs one of the best performing fund managers of the last decade but he sits uncomfortably in the investment spotlight

President Obama’s emergency spending measures last year saved up to two million jobs, the White House says, but it warned that the outlook for the economy remained uncertain.

There are signs South Africa is recovering from the worst effects of the global economic crisis, but the revival will likely be slow and job-creation will lag, President Jacob Zuma said recently.

China’s central planners won last year’s race, rushing to shore up growth before collapsing exports dragged down the economy.

Michael Dynes on the upsurge in trades on the continent

MAP S.Platis is the main consultant to Cyprus-based
Banks and Investment Firms

Uniquely in Italy, Rucellai & Raffaelli’s growth has been exclusively internal

UT Financial Services is providing fast, effective and timely financial assistance to small and medium scale companies

Industry and infrastructure between the Rhine, Ruhr, and Weser rivers have made North Rhine-Westphalia the most popular region in Germany for foreign investors

Political stability and a highly rated labour force have made Uruguay an important passage to the Mercosur, a market
of 250 million consumers

Homex, the premier Mexican homebuilder, is making a difference in the quality of life of its customers, leveraging public/private partnerships that work economically for the common good. By Gerardo de Nicolás

According to the Global Services Location Index elaborated by AT Kearney in 2009, Chile has the best business environment for global services development in the region, standing out among countries like Argentina and Brazil