Philippines Defies Asia Slowdown With Best Growth Since 2010
May 30th, 2013
Via Bloomberg, a report on the Philippine’s economic growth: Philippine growth unexpectedly accelerated to the fastest pace in almost three years, defying a regional slowdown as President Benigno Aquino boosted investment and state spending. The peso reversed its decline. Gross domestic product rose 7.8 percent in the three months through March from a year earlier, […]
Read more »Philippines: Young, Cash Rich, and Urbanizing
August 30th, 2012
Via the International Herald Tribune, an interesting look at the Philippines: In the upscale business district of Manila, a midweek crowd spills out into the street. The New York-themed Borough restaurant is pulsating to the beat of a Bon Jovi song, while young, hip Filipinos take shots of tequila from a passing tray and sing […]
Read more »Gambling On The Philippines
June 29th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, an article on the gaming boom soon to unfold in the Philippines: The four big casino complexes rising along the scenic Manila Bay in the Philippines haven’t opened their doors yet, four years after the government awarded the exclusive licenses as part of the country’s ambitious plan to cash in on […]
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.