Myanmar: Will Asia’s Breadbasket Rise Again?
January 28th, 2013
Via The Financial Times, a report on Myanmar’s agribusiness potential: To the lengthening list of foreign companies beating a path to Myanmar, add at least two more: Wilmar, one of Asia’s largest agribusinesses, and Cargill, the commodities’ trader. Wilmar, a Singapore-listed group and the world’s largest processor of palm oil by volume, told beyondbrics it […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Economy: Sabotaged From Within
January 28th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, a look at Vietnam’s economic woes: Last year saw a number of Vietnamese state-owned enterprise officials being arrested for economic crimes or “irregularities” at the companies under their care. As covered previously on Pacific Money, one of the most shocking such arrests was that of Nguyen Duc Kien, a famous tycoon and […]
Read more »Security Fears Dim Benghazi’s Dream Of Economic Revival
January 23rd, 2013
Via the Globe & Mail, an interesting article on Benghazi: At a construction site on Benghazi’s waterfront, engineer Seraj Bushada proudly points to a giant hole in the ground that will make way for a 48-floor office tower that city officials hope will help transform part of this port city into a modern business district. […]
Read more »South Sudan Signs Oil Deal With Israel
January 21st, 2013
Via Energy Daily, a report that South Sudan has signed an oil deal with Israel: South Sudan says it has signed an agreement with several Israeli oil companies, a potentially significant strategic move that will consolidate the Jewish state’s relations with the fledgling, oil-rich East African state. It will also bolster Israeli moves to counter […]
Read more »Frontier Markets And The New Global Economy
January 20th, 2013
Via Mastercard, an interesting report on frontier markets: The frontiers of civilization as traditionally characterized – like the Wild West or Arctic poles – occupy a position not unlike that of the global economy’s frontier markets today: not only do they inspire excitement and symbolize novelty, they also represent a wealth of unexplored opportunity. Frontier […]
Read more »Yemen – Terrorist Haven, Rising Petro-State?
January 20th, 2013
Via Oil Price, an interesting look at Yemen: Yemen is Arabia’s neglected corner, with Saudi Arabia garnering the lion’s share of media coverage. But the impoverished nation of 24 million people seems fated to play an ever increasing role in two areas of western interest – oil exports and terrorism. Which factor will win out […]
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.