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To many outsiders, South Africa has long been an unstable business environment with an economy overly dependent on natural resources. Now, the government and a new breed of entrepreneurs are optimistic that they can change perceptions and climb the industrial...

In honor of the 45th anniversary of the independence of Singapore, Economy Watch will be on a somewhat abbreviated publication schedule this week. Be sure to check in for both Features and In the News to keep your finger on...

30 July 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com Even before we came aboard EconomyWatch.com, we've argued that, in their pathetic "responses" to the twin disasters of Black September 2008 and the ever-roiling Euro-zone crisis, the political leadership...

 28 July 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com In the middle of the 1970s, Princeton economist W. Arthur Lewis – the first black man to win the Nobel Prize in Economics – outlined the centrality of urbanization...

27 July 2010 By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com It’s a bit of a cliché that – once they retire – “power elite” personalities in the US suddenly change their publicly stated views on key issues. The examples...

22 July 2010. They are supposed to help states and cities that are short of cash build roads, schools and bridges. But Build America Bonds, part of President Obama’s economic stimulus plan, are also building something else: controversy. The federal...

July 20 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com People often wonder why we take such a grim view of both the current and future state of the global financial system. Our most basic criticism has been the...

  State Grid Industry Type: Utilities CEO: Liu Zhenya Number of Employees: 729,327 Address: 86 Xichang'an Ave., Beijing, China 100031   State Grid Industry Type: Utilities CEO: Liu Zhenya Number of Employees: 729,327 Address: 86 Xichang'an Ave., Beijing, China 100031

    China National Petroleum It is one of the world's largest energy companies dealing with the production and supply of crude oil and natural gas having operation in the home country and abroad. To the end of the year...

    COFCO China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp. (COFCO) was started in the year 1952. The company deals with the businesses on agricultural commodities trading, food processing, hotel operations and financial services. Industry Type: Trading CEO: Liu Fuchun...

    Agricultural bank Of China Industry Type: Banks: Commercial and Savings CEO: Mingsheng Yang Number of Employees: 489,425 Address: Jia 23, Fuxing Rd., Beijing, China 100036 More on Agricultural bank Of China.... More On Company Profiles ABB Abbott Laboratory...

    China Construction Bank The bank was incorporated in china in the year 1954. The bank has its operation in the areas of corporate banking, personal banking and treasury operations with branch outlets of approximately 14,250. According to statistics,...

  Shanghai Baosteel Group Industry Type: Metals CEO: Xie Qihua Number of Employees: 94,231 Address: 370 Pu Dian Rd., Shanghai, China 200012     Shanghai Baosteel Group Industry Type: Metals CEO: Xie Qihua Number of Employees: 94,231 Address: 370 Pu...

    China First Automotive Works China's Central Committee by the assistance of the former Soviet Union made the first automotive production base on July 13,1956. Presently the group is known as the FAW group corporation. It has its own...

    China Telecommunications China Telecommunication is controlled by the Government of China. It provides the world's largest fixed line telephone network. The registered capital of the company has reached a sum of 158 billion Yuan. Industry Type: Telecommunications CEO:...