Urban World: Cities And The Rise Of The Consuming Class
Courtesy of McKinsey, a new report exploring the impact of urban cities around the world that will drive dramatic growth, demographic changes, and consumption over the next generation: Cities have [...]
A U.S. / Tunisia Free Trade Agreement?
Via Foreign Policy, some commentary on Tunisia and the possibility of US / Tunisia free trade agreement: House Rules Committee chairman David Dreier (R-CA) announced last week during a visit to Tunis [...]
What Chinese Consumers Want…One Person’s View
Courtesy of The China Observer, an interview with Tom Doctoroff, a China observer who shares his perspectives on Chinese consumers in his recently released book, What Chinese Want: What are the main [...]
Burmese Government To Allow Foreign Firms Into Telephone and Internet Market
Via Mizzima, a report that Myanmar is opening up its internet and telephony market to foreign firms: Burma has started a reform process in the telecommunication field that will lead to an upgrade of [...]
China’s Support Of North Korea: Cheap At Any Price?
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting look at China’s position of supporting North Korea: For those who worry about North Korea, the past few months can best be described as a time of [...]
China Plays Increasing role In Venezuela’s Economy
Via the Miami Herald, a very interesting look at China’s increasing role in Venezuela’s economy: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s socialist revolution, which has seized billions of [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.