The 10 Biggest Banks in Africa 2010

The Global Finance magazine recently published the list of biggest banks in emerging markets.  The table below lists the ten biggest banks in Africa for 2010. These banks were ranked based on their total assets as of September, 2010. The data was provided by Bankersalmanc.com. [TABLE=863] South Africa-based Standard Bank Group Ltd (OTC:SBGOY) and Nedbank …

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Why the U.S. Unemployment Rate Remains Stubbornly High?

In an earlier article I wrote about how U.S. corporate profits are rising with no job growth. The unemployment rate continues to remain high at 9.8% in November with about 15.1 Americans unemployed according to BLS data. An article in Salon.com discussed about this conundrum facing the U.S. From the article titled “Where are the …

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The 10 Biggest Banks in Latin America 2010

The Global Finance magazine recently published the list of biggest banks in emerging markets.  The table below lists the ten biggest banks in Latin America for 2010. These banks were ranked based on their total assets as of September, 2010. The data was provided by Bankersalmanc.com. [TABLE=861] Itau Unibanco(ITUB) and Banco Bradesco (BBD) are two …

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