Five Foreign Stocks Paying More Than 5% Dividends

The following five foreign ADRs have dividend yields of more than 5% as of market close April 6, 2010: 1.CPFL Energia (CPL) Current Dividend Yield: 6.39% Electric Utilities Brazil 2. Alto Palermo (APSA) Current Dividend Yield: 8.12% Real Estate Operations Argentina 3. Mobile Telesystems(MBT) Current Dividend Yield: 5.71% Telecom Russia 4. Babcock & Brown Air …

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Economic Roundup of Latin America

In this post lets take a quick look on the economic situation of a few Latin American countries. Argentina: Capital flight out of the country has slowed from 2009 but still is a cause for concern according to data released by The National Statistics Office. In 2009, $7.47B left Argentina according to Balance of Payments …

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One Effect of U.S. Trade with China: 2.4 Million Jobs Lost

The U.S. unemployment rate held steady at 9.7% in March. The number of unemployed persons remained little unchanged at 15.0 million. Last month employers added 162,000 jobs but 48,000 of them were temporary workers hired for the 2010 census. In the manufacturing  sector, 2.1 million jobs have been lost since December 2007. 17,000 jobs were …

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