Spanish bank says that its 'Eagles' acronym more fairly reflects the world's emerging economies
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View from Asia: December 2010/January 2011
Despite some predictions of a weakening in east Asia's economic outlook, the region is still still set to record impressive growth across many sectors
China powers into South Africa
Chinese businesses are making their presence felt in South Africa, particularly in the energy sector
Big FDI boost for Malaysia
A $7bn investment in the aluminium sector and $161m in biotech is good news for the Malaysian economy
Investors eye Mongolian growth
Mongolia's mining sector has long been popular with investors, but asset managers are starting to dig deeper to take advantage of the economic boom widely forecast for the country
After the war: Sri Lanka seeks tourism and FDI boom
The end of decades of violent conflict in Sri Lanka has brought a new lease of life for the country, writes Ginanne Brownell. As tourists start flooding in, so might foreign investors
Asia drives M&A activity in natural resources
The natural resources sector has seen a year of massive investment, with a record value of mergers and acquisitions in 2010. Much of this demand has come from power-hungry Asia
China outpaces India twofold in Q3 FDI
China received almost twice as much FDI as India in the third quarter of 2010, according to data from fDi Markets
Vietnam becoming top FDI target
Vietnam is thriving as a destination for FDI, with investment projects growing steadily since 2007
Think Tank: The rise of China as an outward investor
Stephen Goldsmith and Daniel Wagner chart the meteoric rise in China’s outward investment and analyse how it is impacting on both the global economy and China's relationships with other nations