After a Taste of Doing Business in Iran, P&G Is Eager to Re-Engage
July 14th, 2016
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at Procter & Gamble’s renewed efforts to continue its earlier push into Iran’s expanding consumer-goods market: Like many Western firms, Procter & Gamble Co. is eyeing new opportunities in Iran following the relaxing of trade sanctions earlier this year. But for a Swiss subsidiary of the U.S. consumer goods giant, Iran […]
Read more »Iran Aims To Double Oil Exports, But There Are Hurdles
July 13th, 2016
Via Oil Price.com, an article on Iran’s petroleum ambitions: Although its post-sanctions production boom appears to be have waned, the Islamic Republic of Iran still hopes to increase its energy exports, exploit new production contracts and expand its market share in 2016. Mohsen Ghamsari, director of international affairs for the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) […]
Read more »Urban Sprawl: Great Cities of Africa & Asia Grow
July 9th, 2016
Via The Economist, an article on how the great cities of Africa and Asia are spreading fast: INSIDE, Essa Mwaitulo’s house on the edge of Dar es Salaam is the picture of middle-class African domesticity. The sofas are luxurious; the curtains are golden; the walls are shocking pink; the floor, on which Ms Mwaitulo’s daughter […]
Read more »OBOR: Our Bulldozers, Our Rules
July 8th, 2016
Via The Economist, an article on China’s One Belt, One Road strategy: THE first revival of the Silk Road—a vast and ancient network of trade routes linking China’s merchants with those of Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe—took place in the seventh century, after war had made it unusable for hundreds of years. […]
Read more »Rich ‘Stan, Poor ‘Stan: Former Soviet Republics Survive The New Great Game
July 8th, 2016
Courtesy of The Economist, an interesting look at how the five former Soviet republics are struggling to survive the new Great Game: TAJIKISTAN has the vainest ruler in Central Asia. Emomali Rahmon flies what may be the world’s largest flag atop what used to be the world’s tallest flagpole. His capital boasts that it will […]
Read more »Islamic State Oil Production
July 7th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at the Islamic State’s oil production: Oil production is a crucial source of income for the Islamic State. As of March, it accounted for nearly half of the group’s total revenue, bringing in roughly $20 million each month. Beyond providing funds, oil refining is also a much-needed […]
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.