International business school IMD in Switzerland has released its findings in its annual ‘World Competitiveness Yearbook’.
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Think Global’s David Thomas analyses the Russian consumer in his ongoing look at BRIC economies.
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These are the words of Marcus Svedberg, Chief Economist of East Capital who made his first ever visit to Australia this week to meet with potential and existing investors.
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David Thomas shares his thoughts on working with BRIC nations in his latest blog post.
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It is now exactly 10 years since Jim O’Neill, then the newly appointed Head of Economic Research at Goldman Sachs wrote a research paper “Dreaming with BRICs” in which he predicted that the global economy in the coming decades would be propelled by the growth of four populous and economically ambitious countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China, and famously coined the acronym “BRIC”.
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After 18 years of negotiations Russia has been welcomed into the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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Why was South Africa present at the BRIC 2011 Leaders summit? Where is China going in 2011? David Thomas of Think Global Consulting charts the movements of the BRIC nations as they influence the course of global economics.
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Back in early 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis, I predicted that the market to watch was Brazil. I thought Brazil offered the strongest prospects for investors and businesses looking to tap into its rapid growth fuelled by domestic consumption, infrastructure investment and intra BRIC trade. In truth, this wasn’t a difficult [...]
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Australian meat exports to Russia and the Middle East reached unprecedented levels in 2011, according to Meat and Livestock Australia. Beef exports surged in November, adding to increased annual demand from South East Asia, including Korea (9 percent), and developing markets the Philippines (12 percent), Malaysia (21 percent) and Taiwan (25 percent), but Russia has [...]
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has greenlighted uranium exports to Russia, reviving a controversial deal initially brokered by the Howard government. Gillard ratified an agreement with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on 12 November at the G20 summit in Seoul. Originally the deal was blocked by a parliamentary committee which demanded Russia met a series of safety [...]
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