The 25 Soundest Banks of the World based the highest capital-asset ratios (CAR) in 2009 are listed below: Source: The Banker Smaller banks dominate this list from both the developed and emerging countries. 18 of the 25 banks shown above are from emerging markets underlining the conservative business practices of banks in emerging markets. Electro …
The Top 25 Chinese Banks based on Tier 1 Capital in 2009 are listed below. This ranking is part of the annual World’s Top 1000 Banks published by the influential The Banker magazine based in London,UK. Source: The Banker Note: The Tier 1 Capital is in $ millions. The top bank in China is Industrial …
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The 10 largest publicly-listed Finnish companies based on sales for 2009 that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: [TABLE=571]
I came across this interesting map of Africa. Click on the map below to see another map of Africa that compares the size of this vast continent to other continents/countries.
The 10 largest publicly-listed Belgian companies based on sales for 2009 that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: [TABLE=566] Related ETF: iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund (EWK)