Myanmar’s Foreign Investment Crossroads
September 13th, 2012
Courtesy of Al Jazeera, a look at how foreign investment in Myanmar could greatly benefit the country if its people are not left behind: This July, the Obama administration finally acted on statements made by Hillary Clinton in May, issuing general licenses allowing for new investment in and the export and reexport of financial services to […]
Read more »Billionaire Robert Friedland’s Ivanplats Debuts In Toronto: Will Investors Go For The Democratic Republic Of Congo?
September 13th, 2012
Via Ventures Africa, an article on a long awaited IPO for a mining venture focused on the Democratic Republic of Congo: Having filed the much-awaited Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Ivanplats Ltd. on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) earlier this week – hoping to raise at least $300 million in stock sales -, mining billionaire […]
Read more »Magnit-icent: Russia’s Sam Walton?
September 13th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at a highly successful Russian retail leader who some compare to Sam Walton: Most businessmen would be glad to be compared to Sam Walton, the US retail visionary who founded Walmart. Not Sergei Galitsky, the billionaire chairman and chief executive of Magnit, the Russian grocery chain. He thinks […]
Read more »Nationalized YPF Interests Russian Investor
September 10th, 2012
Via Energy Daily, an interesting report on Gazprom’s interest in YPF: Argentina’s nationalized YPF energy company is pursuing talks with Russia’s Gazprom to forge a partnership and secure needed cash investment in the company. Argentina nationalized YPF in May, alleging its principal shareholder Repsol of Spain wasn’t reinvesting enough earnings in the company, affecting its […]
Read more »Honduras Approves Private Cities Project
September 10th, 2012
Via Honduras News, a report on a new private city initiative approved in Honduras: Honduras signed a deal for an initial investment of 15 million dollars to create the first “Private City” in the country. (Also referred to as “Free Cities”, “Charter Cities”, “Model Cities”, or in Spanish, “RED – Regiones Especiales de Desarollo”, and […]
Read more »North Korea: Becoming A Passageway Between China And South Korea; Not A Buffer
September 9th, 2012
Via CNN, an interesting commentary on North Korea by Parag Khanna and its potential as an economic corridor between South Korea and China: There’s never been a better time to visit North Korea. The specter of U.S.-South Korean military exercises, a potential nuclear test, assassinations of defectors in South Korea, and general saber-rattling haven’t prevented […]
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.