As the centralised Soviet planning-based economy collapsed – along with trade ties – Azerbaijan was left to struggle with galloping inflation and currency devaluation. With scarce liquidity, banks could start with nominal capital from as little as $500 …

The financial bubble and banking get all the ink, but the real story, deep and underlying the bubble itself, is global competition. Allocating the kind of pain … Other than yen devaluation hurting others, Japan is not an immediate threat to anyone …

By the end of this decade, North America will be a shale gas-driven force in competitive production and export. “We are going through a significant, fundamental change in the market (shale gas), and it will affect all of you in production … There's …

The insurance industry is quite risky and competitive. However, investing in the sector can be remarkably … On the other hand, Yen devaluation is providing a considerable headwind for the company in the last months. Aflac focuses on voluntary …

They viewed the Fed's open-ended purchases of long-term securities as an attempt to engineer a competitive devaluation of the dollar and worried that ultra-easy monetary conditions in the US would unleash a flood of "hot money" inflows, driving up …

DirecTV will benefit from the pay-TV growth in Latin America. It has been able to grow its subscriber base in the region by offering higher quality video that gives it a competitive edge. Also the success of its middle-market focused … Macroeconomic …

The concerns are not unwarranted, but this cloud has a silver lining: The rupee's devaluation and government's changes on the rules governing foreign direct investment (FDI) are good news for investors in India. While several factors are causing the …

EBITA advances benefitted from the continuation of the project to source more competitive product costs including the migration of production to the Port Elizabeth site in South Africa. The newly established subsidiary in Malaysia commenced trade in …

"In Pet, the business continues to grow amidst a tough competitive environment. In Consumer, we faced … In addition, there were continued business challenges in South America, including high inflation and currency devaluation in Venezuela. Net …