The Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund is one of the largest and most popular unit trust (mutual fund) in the U.K. The fund aims to achieve high level of income in addition to capital growth. This fund invests mostly in UK-based companies with the rest invested globally. At the end of November, 2009 it has …
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The Numbers section of the latest edition of BusinessWeek magazine lists the five global companies with the largest market cap gains in the past decade. Of the five companies listed, two each are energy and mining companies and Apple is a hi-tech powerhouse. The growing prominence of emerging market companies is shown by the presence …
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Howard F. Rosen of The Peterson Institute for International Economics presented a testimony on International Trade to the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee this month. He argues that “In order to avoid another financial crisis and recession, it is imperative that America produce more than it consumes and increase the amount of goods and services it …
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As the year 2009 is coming to a close, we shall take a quick look at the Top 10 Banks by Assets of Asia, Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. The banks below are ranked by assets as of the dates shown. 1.Asia 2.Latin America Note: Itau and Unibanco have merged …
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