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 23 August 2010. After years of being known for inefficiency, corruption and instability, Indonesia is emerging from the global financial crisis with a surprising new reputation — economic golden child. The country’s economy, the largest in Southeast Asia, grew at...

 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...

 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...

 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...

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" -...

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...

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...