GULF STATES: State-owned enterprises highly profitable

Although the state can play an important role as facilitator of economic development, there is...

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SOUTH KOREA: Seoul makes priority of education reform

Private education fees were included yesterday in the government list of necessities requiring...

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The Justice Department on March 20 initiated a criminal investigation into bribery allegations...

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Foreign trade performance is important for Russia's fiscal position, as well as for modernising...

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Brazilian companies are issuing more corporate debt in the form of debentures, deepening capital...

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The caretaker government on March 16 raised petrol and diesel prices by around 7%. It was the...

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President George Bush yesterday endorsed the Federal Reserve's 30 billion dollar lifeline to...

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A ban on non-Russian citizens working in the retail sector will have been in effect for one year...

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While the demise of state-socialism in Europe does not appear to serve as a blueprint for Cuba,...

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Russian banks and non-bank corporations are due to pay interest and repay principal on foreign...

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