Gasp … shock … applause, yes, according to tech website Engadget this morning, China Unicom & Apple have managed to get regulatory approval fromChina’s State Radio Regulatory Commission. As Engadget states :
According to the listing, we’re looking at a GSM / WCDMA cellphone complete with Bluetooth, an internal model number A1324, a little-known manufacturer called [...]
Last week Vodafone Group (NYSE:VOD) released an interim management statement that considering the current economic climate, I consider to be pretty upbeat. I have been a long term holder of Vodafone stock on the London Stock Exchange & have over the last year traded the NYSE traded ADR up & down on swings. [...]
This post from China News Wrap is significant, as it’s sourced locally from International Financial News, which is a Peoples Party owned newspaper.
China informs Australia that proof is irrefutable (sic) Basically the Chinese authorities are not going to back off, having been snubbed over the Chinalco deal. I reckon this will run & be [...]
July 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Malaysia’s construction industry is set to rebound from the slowdown of the local economy, with both private and state funds flowing to new projects that are helping to boost confidence as the country works to increase future supply of infrastructure and property.
On the back of increased funding for construction projects being distributed by the [...]
Today some humour & a guest post from Josh Brown from Reformed Broker …. thanks to Josh for letting us post, you can follow him on Twitter
It may be time to hold auditions to find a replacement for Russia in the BRIC countries.
The other day, the New York Times dropped this delightful little [...]
July 22, 2009 | Posted in
Emerging Markets |
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Libya has become an attractive investment destination for UK and US companies, which are returning to the North African oil exporter to secure a share of the country’s largely under-explored gas and oil reserves.
BP (NYSE : BP) recently announced it would begin exploration activities in Libya by the end of the year. “We’ll start seismic [...]
July 21, 2009 | Posted in
Energy |
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As we evolve to a hybrid of internal and external IT Services, companies in developed markets have invested significantly on infrastructure, so they are not rushing to outsource operations.
Emerging markets have lower data center investments…Are they more fit to consume cloud services? Can we use the same tactics to reach them?
Over the last 18 [...]
Swedbank, Sweden’s fourth largest lender & one of the biggest banks in the Baltic region, revealed the full scale of Swedish exposure to economic turmoil in Eastern Europe last week. The bank posted dismal figures due to large losses on loans made to firms in the troubled Baltic region.
Swedbank was the first in a series [...]
July 20, 2009 | Posted in
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Thailand’s government is having to balance hard economic realities with the need to provide relief to many in the community, especially those in lower-income brackets, as it mulls whether to continue price subsidies for liquid petroleum gas.
While Thailand has a diverse mix of energy sources, with sizeable reserves of oil and gas, and is making [...]
July 19, 2009 | Posted in
Emerging Markets |
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Turkey and four EU member states have signed a historic deal in Ankara allowing work to start on the Nabucco natural gas pipeline, which is aimed at allowing the European Union to tap directly into non-European gas reserves.
The Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement that was signed by representatives of transit countries Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Austria, [...]
July 15, 2009 | Posted in
Energy |
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