Coca-Cola To Begin Bottling Operations In Laos
December 1st, 2012
Via The Wall Street Journal, a report on Coke’s planned bottling and distributions operations in Laos, which has seen high growth over the past decade and was recently admitted into the World Trade Organization: Coca-Cola Co. KO -0.13% plans to begin bottling its products in Laos by 2014, moving in on Southeast Asia’s smallest economy, where […]
Read more »Venezuela’s Topsy-Turvy Economy
December 1st, 2012
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on Venezuela’s economy: It has been pointed out before that Father Christmas and Hugo Chávez share a thing or two in common. Venezuela’s populist president may not have the fluffy white beard, but he has roughly the right build, and sometimes the jovial temperament. Most importantly, the […]
Read more »The New B & B (Beijing & Baghdad): China’s Oil Quest Reaches Iraq
December 1st, 2012
Via The Diplomat, a report on China’s efforts to secure oil supplies from Iraq: A lot of attention has been paid in recent years to energy-hungry China’s billion-dollar bids on oil fields in Canada and the Asian giant’s reliance on oil from countries like Iran and Sudan to fuel its growing economy. But its growing […]
Read more »Oil In Central Africa
November 29th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting look at the impact and opportunity related to oil in Central Africa: In recent years, international campaigns have highlighted the role that “conflict minerals” such as coltan, used in many electronic devices, have played in perpetuating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighbors, but there’s […]
Read more »Myanmar: Best Unopened Market In The World?
November 29th, 2012
Via The Daily Reckoning, a report on Myanmar: Archibald Colquhoun returned from a trip to Myanmar (Burma) enthusiastic about the opportunities in the country. He wrote a book about it all: Burma and the Burmans: Or, “The Best Unopened Market in the World.” Colquhoun writes exuberantly about the oil resources of the country, as well […]
Read more »Myanmar: Investment Gold Mine Or Sink Hole?
November 28th, 2012
Via The Wall Street Journal, a look at Myanmar’s potential and risk: Private-equity firms are divided over whether Myanmar will be a source of huge profits, or just another place to endure losses. Some private-equity funds already are scrambling to raise cash to pour into the Southeast Asian nation, which has only just cracked open […]
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.