Archives:
Regions

How the new Congress could affect stocks in 2011

By David K. Randall, AP Business Writer, Investors haven’t seen political, economic conditions like this before. What to look for […]

Looking for Investments, China Turns to Europe

By LIZ ALDERMAN, NY Times, PARIS — When Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China visited Athens last month, he came […]

Emerging markets brace for money flood

By David Pilling, FT.com Emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, China and India expect an investment flood. STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Quantitative […]

6 Currencies to Buy Now (Says the “Hotdog Billionaire”)

By Chris Hunter, International Living, Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ll know that the Fed announced more large-scale money […]

Don’t Look Now, But Here Come the New, New Bank Fees

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG Less than a year after the passage of new laws limiting banks’ ability to impose certain fees […]

Growth returns to cement markets in CIS countries

After a difficult 2009, when there was a reduction of more than 20% in the consumption of cement in the […]

Retail market in Russia to grow by almost 10% in 2010

The growth rate of the Russian retail sector dropped severely last year due to worsening economic conditions, weakening purchasing power […]

Construction output in Poland up by 10% in 2011

The forthcoming year 2011 can be a breakthrough year for the construction industry in terms of construction output. Provided that […]

Russian construction industry recovers after the downturn

For the first time this decade, in 2009 the construction industry in Russia, which was severely affected by the global […]

Telecoms market in CIS countries 2010

Despite sharing a common past CIS countries are very different as regards their: size, number and density of their populations, […]