Welcome To North Korea…
November 20th, 2011
Courtesy of Michael Totten and PJMedia, an interesting look at North Korea: I would love to visit North Korea and write about it, but I can’t. Journalists are almost never allowed into the country. I would need to be one of the lucky few who are given a visa or I’ll have to wait for […]
Read more »Booming Chinese Brands That Could Take Over The World
November 20th, 2011
“When will the Chinese develop a truly global brand?” is a question that is frequently asked, and one that the Business Insider takes on in its report titled top “18 Booming Chinese Brands That Could Tkae Over The World”. While firms like Lenovo, Huawei, and Haier have been making their mark for some time, here […]
Read more »Zhaikmunai Seeks A Full London Listing
November 20th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report that Zhaikmunai, a Kazakhstan-based oil and gas producer, has become the latest company from the former Soviet Union to signal its intention to seek a full London listing that would quality it for entry into the FTSE 250 index. As the article notes: “…Frank Monstrey, the company’s leading […]
Read more »Kurdistan’s Oil Future
November 19th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting look at oil-rich Kurdistan: “…I have spent the past few days touring the oil-rich semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, visiting oilfields and interviewing its officials and foreign executives. It is boom time for Kurdistan, which optimists hope could soon produce more oil than some members of […]
Read more »The Oil Rush in West Africa – The New Wild West?
November 18th, 2011
Courtesy of Global Geopolitics & Political Economy, a report on the burgeoning “rush” for oil in West Africa. As the article notes: There is a new oil rush off the coast of West Africa. But there are fears that the sector is not sufficiently regulated, and watchdog groups are raising concerns about transparency and governance […]
Read more »Needed: An Economic Performance Index for Cities
November 17th, 2011
Courtesy of Parag Khanna, an interesting suggestion that – like climate, fresh water or food – cities should be thought of commodities to be priced and optimized for maximum benefit. But, as the article notes, for cities to be treated as an asset class alongside emerging market regions, commodities, or alternative financial products, governments and […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.