Credit Card Usage in India and China

Unlike in the Western countries, people in Asian countries still use cash for most transactions. However credit card usage is slowly increasing. With about 50% of the global population Asia holds plenty of potential for credit card growth. MasterCard(MA) and Visa (V) account for 90% of volume at the end of 2007. Credit Card Usage …

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Knowledge is Power: Banks Edition

The Sinking of a Titan Is the Crisis Over? China banks to suffer share-issue fears Getting it together at last “Let the troubled banks fall” NZ is not Australia, but could be their lucky neighbour Spanish banks: Savings and groans Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, off the Florida coast. Photograph: Joe …

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Four Latin American Stocks from International Dividend Achievers Index

The following are four Latin American stocks from the International Dividend Achievers Index published by Mergent: 1.Company: Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) Sector:  Chemical Manufacturing Current Dividend Yield: 2.32% Country: Chile 2.Company Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SA de SV (ASR) Sector: Transportation Current Dividend Yield: 9.94% Country: Mexico 3.Company: America Movil, S.A.B. …

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