China is becoming a major trade partner with many Latin American countries. China’s main interest in the region include natural resources such as oil, iron ore and agricultural commodities such as soyabeans. Latin American countries’ trade with China increased tenfold in the period 2000-2007. However the U.S. is still the largest trade partner with Latin …
** For the latest t0p 10 companies go to: The Top 10 Italian Companies By Market Cap 2016 ****** The table below lists the Top 10 Italian companies based on Market Capitalization including the ADR ticker if available: [TABLE=1029] Source: Financial Times Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (ISNPY), UniCredit SpA and Assicurazioni Generali SpA (ARZGY) can be …
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Italy is making headlines in the past few weeks after the Greek crisis settled down at least temporarily. Part of the PIIGS list of countries, Italy has the second highest debt load at 119 % of the GDP while Greece leads the Euro zone at 142% of GDP. The population of Italy is about 61 …
China is one of the most risky places to invest among the major emerging markets. Though the country follows the capitalist form of economic model in the past few decades, communism remains as only the political system in China. This “Market Socialism” form of government works well in some areas such as providing affordable housing, …
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The U.S. economy grew tremendously after the Second World War. Most Americans benefited from this prosperity with the middle-class enjoying steady growth in income and was able to afford of many simple luxuries of life such as home, car, education, etc. However there was always pockets of poverty. A few years ago The World Bank …
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