Property prices in Asian countries have been rising at a staggering pace in the past few years due to the strength of their economies. Even during the global credit crisis last year prices did not decrease much if any at all in most Asian countries. In recent months, in addition to the spectacular run up …
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Yesterday crude oil prices settled at $77.43 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. After rising for many months this year, oil prices are stabilizing or falling due to the increasing unemployment levels. The price of natural gas for December delivery closed at $4.595 per 1,000 cubic feet. When oil prices rose to almost $150 per …
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In this post lets take a quick look at The Top 10 Global Insurance Companies by 2008 revenues. On October 27th, ING (ING) one of the world’s largest insurance companies, was forced to split itself into two in order to comply with the strict rules enforced by the EU on firms that received government financial …
Unlike its neighbor Singapore, the country of Malaysia is often overlooked by investors. The economy of Malaysia is commodity-based with palm oil, crude oil and rubber being the major exports. Among the Asian emerging markets, Malaysia has some unique comparative advantages. Some of the top reasons for investing in Malaysia are listed below: 1. The …
Some of the foreign banks that fell heavily during last year and early this year are still languishing under the $10 range. Most of them either don’t pay or have suspended dividend payments. The following is a list of Foreign Bank ADRs that closed at under $10 as of 1/05/2009: 1.Bank: National Bank of Greece …