Archive for July 14th, 2008
Additional 15gw clean energy by 2012 projected for India
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livemint.com
Why is India an investment destination for clean technologies?
India is attractive to investors for several reasons, significant being the way demand for power outstrips supply. Many homes in the country are still not electrified. As the country grows, this presents a great opportunity for clean energy to plug gaps and create useful linkages. [...]
Why Are Latin Countries Booming? The Role of Good Policies
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RGE
There have been many fundamentals improvements in Latin America: current account surpluses; better balance sheets; smaller short term foreign currency debt; greater FDI flows; lower fiscal deficits and larger primary surpluses; high forex reserves; a reduction in liability dollarization; low inflation; reform and clean-up of banks and financial system; phase-out of IMF [...]
Why Brazilians Should Demand the Renationalization of Petrobras
Bold proposals. In India, future inflation can be tempered by redirecting investment into strengthening the extensive rail network – and diverting freight to rail from roads. Moving freight primarily by truck is folly in this era of expensive oil.
BrazzilMag
One of the central benefits obtained through the nationalization of the oil companies will be the immediate [...]
Near-term risks rising in India and China but the fundamentals remain excellent
Business Intelligence Middle East (Standard Chartered Bank report)
Despite these huge differences, in recent months [India and China] have faced a common set of big problems, which they share with the Middle East: a global slowdown, rising inflation, big FX inflows, excess liquidity, and pressure on their currencies to appreciate. And the way New Delhi and [...]
JSW mulls Chilean iron ore import
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Business Standard
JSW Steel, India’s third largest steel maker, will explore the possibility of importing iron ore from its mine in Chile and sell it in the local market.
The Sajjan Jindal-controlled company had secured prospecting licences through its Netherland-based subsidiary to explore and exploit magnetite iron ore deposits in northern Chile’s Atacama region.
“We will [...]
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