Philippines’ Biggest Fast-Food Brand Has Fresh Plans To Challenge Starbucks
August 13th, 2024
Via Forbes, an article on how Billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong’s Jollibee Foods, run by his brother Ernesto Tanmantiong, is spending big to expand its coffee sales around the world: Jollibee Foods has long-sought the turf of American icon, Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee giant with over 39,000 stores worldwide. The listed operator’s popular fast-food chain Jollibee already […]
Read more »TotalEnergies’ Pakistan Exit Stirs Corporate Exodus Fears
August 13th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on TotalEnergies’ Pakistan exit, the latest Western multinational to quit crisis-hit Asian nation France’s TotalEnergies has joined a growing list of Western multinationals slashing their exposure to Pakistan, in the latest blow for the economy in crisis. At least nine companies, including Norwegian telecom Telenor and Shell Oil, have announced […]
Read more »Is India on the Way to Number Three?
August 12th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy In Focus, a look at how – with one million people turning 18 each month – India stands on the precipice of a demographic dividend—or disaster: The rise of India has reshaped regional and global landscapes over the past decade. Since Narendra Modi stormed to power in 2014, India’s economy has advanced […]
Read more »Korean and Japanese Dramas Spread Across The World Through Turkish Remakes
August 12th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how Asian dramas spread across the world through Turkish remakes: Amid harsh domestic competition, Turkish television producers are hunting the world for original and appealing content to remake dramas in Turkey, including from places like South Korea and Japan. Some remade dramas have gained worldwide popularity and generated significant […]
Read more »The True Cost of China’s Hold On Indonesia’s Nickel
August 12th, 2024
Via the Asia Times, a report on how Indonesia’s EV-fueled nickel industry has morphed into an ‘oligopsony’, where Chinese buyers drive and dominate market dynamics: During the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on September 5-7, 2023, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Vice President Kamala Harris discussed the potential for a US-Indonesia Critical Minerals Specific Free Trade Agreement […]
Read more »Ghana Opens Refinery To Become Gold Hub of Africa
August 12th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a report on Ghana’s new gold refinery and ambitions to become the gold hub of Africa: Ghana has begun operating the Royal Ghana Gold Refinery, the first of its kind in West Africa, aimed at adding value to the country’s gold production and boosting its international market presence. The Royal Ghana Gold Refinery […]
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.