The World Bank maintains the database of Gross External Debt Positions of countries.The top five countries with the largest external debt are as follows: [TABLE=156] The USA is the most debtor country with a total of $13.6 Trillion at the end of 2008.On a year-over-year basis this represents an increase of 1.6%. In order to …
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A report by the The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and Aite Group, LLC states that community banks are getting strong in this difficult time and are positing themselves for a recovery in the economy. The report titled Impact of the Financial Crisis on U.S. Community Banks: Difficult Times, New Opportunities was based on …
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Countries such as Canada, Australia, Brazil ,etc are blessed with plenty of natural resources and they are big exporters of commodities such as Natural Gas, Iron Ore, Coal, Natural gas, etc. In this post let us take a look at the top five coal and iron ore exporters and importers in the world. Via Reserve …
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A bank’s Tier 1 Capital Ratio is an indicator of its strength and ability to absorb losses. Regulators in the USA and other countries are now using this factor in addition to others to identify banks that are likely to collapse. The Tier 1 capital ratio is the ratio of a bank’s core equity capital …
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PROFIT 100: Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies The firms that make up PROFIT’s 21st annual ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies are role models of the first order. After all, they have grown their annual revenue by an average of 2,262% over the past five years (2003-08), and no company on the list grew by less than 899%. …
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