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  • July 2008

    • Foreign Companies Cash In on Stable Iraq

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 22, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Foreign Companies Cash In on Stable Iraq

      (Newser) - With security and stability on the rise, Iraq’s government is turning its attention, and its generous budget, toward reconstruction. That’s led to some big opportunities for Western businesses, which are scrambling to get a cut of the country’s $25 billion reconstruction budget. Iraq, which lacks the resources to rebuild on its own, is just as eager to make deals, reports Der Spiegel. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq government  • Iraq contractors  • foreign investment  • Iraq reconstruction  • infrastructure

    • Petrodollars Snap Up Americana

      New York Times  |  Jul 10, 08 4:33 AM CDT

      Petrodollars Snap Up Americana

      (Newser) - Foreign investors flush with dollars from the global commodities boom are using those greenbacks to buy flashy American properties, the New York Times reports. The government of Abu Dhabi bought a 75% stake in the Chrysler building Tuesday. Other recent "trophy" buys have included Donald Trump's Palm Beach mansion and some major works by American artists. More »

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      Abu Dhabi  • foreign investment  • sovereign wealth funds  • USA  • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority  • petrodollar  • Chrysler Building

  • June 2008

    • Foreign Investment in Iraq Up

      USA Today  |  Jun 17, 08 4:09 PM CDT

      Foreign Investment in Iraq Up

      (Newser) - European and Asian investors are taking advantage of the recently stabilized Iraqi business climate, USA Today reports. US firms still regard Iraq as too dangerous to invest in, but that attitude may cost them the best opportunities. The firms “who are getting in on the ground floor are not American," says a Pentagon official. "It's ironic." More »

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      Iraq  • business  • America  • investment  • competition  • foreign investment  • investment firm

    • Canada Could Hurt Firms It Tries to 'Protect'

      American  |  Jun 17, 08 3:28 PM CDT

      Canada Could Hurt Firms It Tries to 'Protect'

      (Newser) - A move last month by the Canadian government to block the country's top space-tech firm from selling one of its divisions to a US buyer illustrates a tricky balancing act, Christopher Sands writes in the American : How far should Ottawa go to appease nationalist sentiment if it eats into economic benefits? The wariness, Sands notes, extends back to colonial days. More »

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      business  • Canada  • Stephen Harper  • aerospace  • foreign investment  • free trade  • Defense Industry  • protectionism

  • April 2008

    • Japan Rebuilds Economic Walls

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 30, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      Japan Rebuilds Economic Walls

      (Newser) - Once, Japan was one of the world’s most closed economies, with near-impregnable barriers guarding against foreign investors. It's moving back in that direction, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies are buying stakes in each other to complicate international takeover bids, and resurrecting the “poison pill” strategy America pioneered in the 1980s. The government, meanwhile, is barring foreign investment in key industries. More »

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      Japan  • foreign investment  • Japanese economy  • Nikkei 225 Stock Average

    • $1B Intel Plant Helps Vietnam Reinvent Itself

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Apr 18, 08 12:05 PM CDT

      $1B Intel Plant Helps Vietnam Reinvent Itself

      (Newser) - Intel's choice of Vietnam for a massive superconductor plant surprised the tech world 2 years ago, but the firm's trailblazing has sparked a wave of high-tech investment that is transforming the country, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The plant is still more than a year away from completion, but Intel's presence is helping a nation that had no tech industry to speak of build one from the ground up. More »

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      Intel  • Vietnam  • computer chip  • foreign investment  • Hanoi

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Foreign Buying Spree Reaches Deep Into US

      Washington Post  |  Jan 28, 08 7:01 PM CST

      Foreign Buying Spree Reaches Deep Into US

      (Newser) - As the dollar drops, foreign investors are buying up US enterprises large and small, from multi-billion-dollar stakes in Wall Street banks to ownership of chemical factories and construction companies in the likes of North Carolina. Canadian, British and German companies have been expanding their portfolios in the US for years, but the Middle East and China are quickly catching up. And it makes some politicians queasy, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      China  • subprime mortgages  • Middle East  • US dollar  • investment  • foreign investment

    • US Money Managers Look Abroad

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 26, 08 12:30 PM CST

      US Money Managers Look Abroad

      (Newser) - US money managers are looking overseas, where foreign governments, flush with cash and eager to spend it, are becoming increasingly involved in the US economy through investments in major Wall Street firms, real estate, and the stock market, reports the Wall Street Journal. Up to $200 billion annually could be invested, earning managers $8 billion in fees. More »

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      foreign investment  • money management

  • July 2007

    • Governments Spurn Foreign Investment

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 6, 07 12:58 PM CDT

      Governments Spurn Foreign Investment

      (Newser) - Governments all over the globe are increasing restrictions on foreign investments, raising worries in the US that new limits will check international economic growth. The motivations for the newly imposed and impending limits are complex, mixing worries over national security, backlash against rampant globalization, and perhaps a measure of retaliation against US restrictions already in place, the Journal reports. More »

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      globalization  • foreign investment

  • June 2007

    • OPEC Members May Seek More Foreign Funding

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 6, 07 10:23 AM CDT

      OPEC Members May Seek More Foreign Funding

      (Newser) - OPEC's new secretary-general says cartel members may be forced to attract more foreign investment to meet the world's expanding oil needs, the Wall Street Journal reports, a reversal of some countries' traditional opposition to cooperation with major Western producers. Oil-rich nations, currently riding high, may find themselves at a disadvantage when it comes to technology. More »

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      oil  • biofuel  • OPEC  • Libya  • BP  • foreign investment

  • March 2007

    • Iraqi Cabinet Approves Deal to Divide Oil Revenues

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST

      Iraqi Cabinet Approves Deal to Divide Oil Revenues

      (Newser) - The Iraqi cabinet approved a law yesterday spelling out how revenue from the country's petroleum reserves will be doled out to provinces: based on population. The deal, which must be approved by the parliament, eases Sunni fears about being cut out of wealth generated by oil reserves in Shiite areas. More »

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      Iraq  • oil  • Middle East  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Kurds  • foreign investment  • petroleum

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