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Latvia’s Capacity to Cope with Competitive Pressure and Market Forces |
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It is about the economy of Latvia provided by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Latvia in 2000. Since the renewal of independence all governments have consequently implemented economic reforms aimed at the creation of a functioning market economy. Latvia’s impressive progress proves success and effectiveness of long-term oriented economic reforms and shows Latvia’s capacity to cope with the competitive pressure. The international credit rating agency Fitch IBKA assigned Latvia in 1999 the same credit rating as in 1998 BBB for long term liabilities in foreign currency and A for long term liabilities in national currency |
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Latvia's Credit Rating |
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It is news of Latvia. In June of 1999, the international credit rating agency "Standard & Poor's", for the second time, evaluated Latvia as a country with a stable environment for investments.
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Latvian Privatization Agecy Newsround |
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It is privatization newsletter issue 5. On 21 October 1997, Janis Naglis, Director General, Andrejs Tiknuss, Privatization Process Director and Ilmars Razumovskis, Finance Director of the LPA had a meeting also with Ph.D. Sosi Z.Vartanesyan and Alexander Batchvarov, Vice Presidents of the Risk Group of Moody's Investor service, the world's leading credit rating agency. The above agency determines the credit rating for Latvia, relevant for the prospective foreign investors to obtain objective information about this country.
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Leave TPI dispute out of campaigning |
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It is written by Bangkok Post reporters.
Political parties should not try to make political capital out of the dispute over Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc's debt restructuring plan as a successful outcome is critical for restoring foreign investors' confidence in the country, Supachai Panitchpakdi warned.The baht would depreciate further, local businesses might lose access to foreign credit and the country's credit rating could be downgraded. |
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Lithuania |
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It is a speech addressed by H.E.Algirdas Brazauskas, President of the Republic Lithuania. It focus on the integration of Lithuania into the European Union and NATO. According to international credit rating companies, Lithuania is a reliable country to invest into. |
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LOCAL BOND BOOST; A FRESH LOOK AT JUNK |
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It is about the bond market in Korea and Malaysia from CFO Asia at SEPTEMBER 2000. Long written off for being inefficient and elitist, local bond markets in Korea and Malaysia are suddenly attracting fresh interest from CFOs of small- to medium-sized companies. The reason? A kinder, gentler attitude from regulators.
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Looking Within,Morocco Works to Woo the World |
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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/temp/morocco/bourbeau.html |
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It is an article wriiten by Heather Bourbeau. When Mohammed VI was crowned, Morocco captured the attention of international media, investors, and leaders. If the good news persists and Morocco receives an improved credit rating from Moody's Investors Service and Standard and Poor's,.... |
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Making the Transition to Private Ownership |
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http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/09/kornai.htm |
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It is written by Janos Kornai from a magazine of IMF in September 2000. János Kornai is Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Permanent Fellow of Collegium Budapest. He also sits on the board of the National Bank of Hungary and is associated with the Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He reviews the past development of centrally planned economies and the transformation of their economic systems. |
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Market Report - Australia |
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It is a market report of Australia from Yahoo financial news on July 24,2000.
Rick Shepherd, Director of Public Finance Ratings at Standard & Poor's credit rating agency, says that the introduction of the 10% goods and service tax on July 1st will have no implications for Australia's AA+ foreign currency credit rating. He stated "while the tax changes will help export growth and economic growth generally by removing wholesale sales taxes, which are distortionary, those benefits won't be big enough to boost the country's credit rating".
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Markets Await Outcome of Presidential Elections |
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http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2000/november/global_markets_06nov00.htm |
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It is a news from Capitalism Magazine on November 06, 2000. Latin American markets were mixed, as many investors appeared to wait on the sidelines until the U.S. election results. Argentina' s Merval was marginally lower as investors digested a warning from Standard and Poor's that it may lower the country's credit rating. |
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MEXICO CREDIT - Justified upgrade, or rashly premature? |
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http://www.riskwaters.com/emi/features/mexico.htm |
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It is a news from Financial Engineering written by Lucy Conger from Mexico City in 2000. Moody’s only deliberated for a month before announcing its decision to upgrade the country to a Baa3 credit rating (the lowest investment grade) from Ba 1. Many analysts say this is premature |
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MOODY'S LOWERS CREDIT RATING FOR ROMANIA |
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It is a news of Russia on 16 SEPTEMBER 1998. The international credit agency Moody's has lowered Romania's credit rating owing to the country's pressing foreign credit needs and the danger of a political crisis, RFE/RL's Bucharest bureau reported. Romania's rating on Eurobonds was lowered from Ba3 to B1, while its rating on hard currency bank deposits dropped from B1 to B2. |
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Municipal Finance in Developing Countries-The Next Frontier |
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It is a briefing series on finance for development from United Nations Development Programme. Both in developed and developing regions, economic and financial liberalization has entailed two simultaneous trends: on the one hand, globalization poses new challenges to integrate cities into the global markets; on the other hand, decentralization trends cause regional and municipal entities to acquire responsibility for the delivery of services and for handling their own finances, both in terms of revenues and expenses. |
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Napocor needs $300M for capex, debt servicing |
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http://www.inquirer.net/issues/nov2000/nov21/business/bus_5.htm |
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It is a business news written by Christine A. Gaylican from Inquirer News Service. NATIONAL Power Corp. is in need of about $300 million in fresh funds to partly finance its capital expenditure next year and pay off loans maturing next year worth $144 million.The official expressed concern over the downgrading of the country's credit rating by Standard & Poor's, which automatically reflects on state-owned corporations. |
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Nonissue- Cuba’s Mothballed Nuclear Power Plant |
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http://www.soc.qc.edu/procuba/juragua.htm |
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It is an international policy report written by Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, a senior research analyst at the University of Georgia's Center for International Trade and Security, in July,1998. The paper is about the development of nuclear energy capacity with Soviet assistance and the US-Cuban relations. |
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Oman Enters New Millennium With ... |
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It is a message contributed to The Korea Times by Yahya Al-Wahaibi, the ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman, on the occasion of its 30th National Day. He shared a few thoughts about Oman. The Sultanate of Oman is entering the new millennium with a strong economic foundation developed over the last three decades under the able leadership of His Majesty the Sultan. A leading international credit rating agency recently upgraded their credit rating of Oman to stable thanks to the completion of the multi-billion-dollar LNG projects and the implementation of a number of similar projects.
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OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMY-Pakistan |
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It is an economic review of Pakistan. Yet another positive development in the outgoing fiscal year has been the progress made in restructuring Pakistan’s foreign debt. With the completion of Euro bond and commercial debt rescheduling, Pakistan’s credit rating in international bond market has improved from “D” to “B” minus on December 8, 1999 by the “Standard & Poors’ International Credit Rating Agency.”
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People going Global |
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http://www.peoplegoingglobal.com/Europe/Europe.htm |
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The webpage contains information about countries around the world, with a overview of a country's economy, political facts and geographical facts. |
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Performance |
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http://www.ecountries.com/east_asia/south_korea/research/economy/ |
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The news is written by eCountries.com staff. It mainly describes the performance of South Korea after asian crisis. Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's increased South Korea's rating five times between mid-1998 and the end of 1999, at which time the country regained a credit rating of "fit for investment". |
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