Rush To Riyadh Is On
March 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on big companies’ adherence to Saudi Arabia’s demand that they set up regional HQs in the desert kingdom: Scores of multinationals have heeded Riyadh’s ultimatum to establish regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia or face losing out on lucrative government contracts, but leading banks have been conspicuous by their […]
Read more »How Dune Helps Us Understand The Real-Life Middle East
March 9th, 2024
Courtesy of Noahpinion, an interesting commentary on how Dune helps us understand real-life Middle East and the challenging political economy faced by resource-exporting countries in which more poorly resource-endowed East Asian nations may start out poorer but grow much faster: I recently saw Dune 2, and it’s really good, despite a bit of a rushed […]
Read more »China’s Minidrama Producers Set Their Sights on Challenging Netflix
March 9th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on China’s minidrama producers who are using ultra-short episodes and wacky plots help their content flourish on social media and challenge Netflix: A college student from the present time wakes up to find herself transported back to 1980s China, where she meets a pig farmer with two children and […]
Read more »The Taliban Once Smashed TVs. Now It Fosters YouTubers To Promote Its Image.
March 9th, 2024
Courtesy of the Washington Post, a report on a new wave of video bloggers under the Taliban, which is seeking to shape a positive narrative about the country: The Taliban-run government is fostering a thriving community of YouTube influencers and video bloggers in Afghanistan, seeking to shape a positive narrative about the country by rewarding […]
Read more »China’s Global EV Domination Is Just Beginning
March 8th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on China’s global EV domination: On a recent Monday, when a generically named Chinese ship called the Explorer No. 1 docked in the German North Sea port of Bremerhaven, it may have inaugurated a new era in the global economy. What was special about the vessel was not its 653-foot length, nor […]
Read more »Sri Lanka Cultivates Sustainable Fashion For An Economic Revival
March 8th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at Sri Lanka’s efforts to cultivate a sustainable fashion industry to boost competitiveness: The small town of Arayampathy on Sri Lanka’s eastern coast was once part of the turf contested by government troops and Tamil separatists in the country’s three-decade civil war. Now, years after the guns fell silent, the […]
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.