New Global Middle Class Consumers: Strategies for “Early Capture”
18 August 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com At this particular time, one of the fabulous things for a Westerner living in Asia, or, indeed, anywhere outside the “developed” world, is the opportunity to see concretely the...
China Combining Environmental Concern and Economic Growth
17 August 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com Many lifetimes ago, I had the pleasure of advising the Master’s Thesis of a brilliant young man named Andres Edwards, 17 August 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political...
Turkey Israel Economic Relations Continue Despite Tensions
16 August 2010. Israeli business executives here in Istanbul like to point out that most of the angry Turks who protested Israel’s deadly raid on a Turkish-led flotilla to Gaza this past spring do not know that their cellphones, personal...
Kashmir “Intifada”: India’s “Other” Front
13 August 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com We wrote yesterday about how India has been engaging in an "infrastructure confrontation" with China in the Himalayan region near Rohtang Pass. Today, we see how India's "other" -...
New India / China “Confrontation” in Himalayas Not Good Sign
12 August 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com We have often said one of the most important conditions for a positive future in both Asia and the world in general is a good relationship between India and...
Post-World Cup South Africa: Will It Soon Be BRICS ???
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...
Majulah Singapura / Onward Singapore: 45 Years of Independence
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...
Fed Big-Wig Echoes EconomyWatch: US / EU Falling Into Japan-Like Deflation / Lost Decades
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...
Urbanization in China & India: A Potential Gold Mine
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...
Overrated Volcker Now Sees Disaster of Past Silence/s
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...
Sovereign Debt Controversy Now Erupts in US
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...
Short-Term Loan Tsunami Could Break Global Banking “System”
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- Fortune Global 500 Corporations In 2005
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- Fortune Global 500 Corporations In 2005
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- Fortune Global 500 Corporations In 2005
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...