This past month there have been massive protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin, with demonstrators furious over alleged election fraud. Aside from these recent events, Putin has never experienced major…
Unstable markets around the globe point to a turbulent recovery in 2012 It seems the sovereign debt situation does not come with an evident solution. Most Eurozone economies have suffered…
In the second half of November, the Indian government announced an agreement to make several market reforms aiming to expand foreign direct investment (FDI) in the subcontinent’s nearly $400 billion…
The financial turbulence of 2011 has set the stage for 2012 in Europe to begin without any concrete solutions, and many of the same problems as were faced last year…
Following the G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy that took place in early November (3rd – 4th), doubts are rising as to whether the Chinese are willing…
“Chimerica,” a term coined by the famous historian, Niall Ferguson, in his book The Ascent of Money, illustrates the incredibly codependent relationship between US and China. China supplies the US…
This past November leaders from the Pacific Rim gathered for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hawaii. Given the current precarious state of the global economy, the primary…
About Telefonica Telefonica is a Spanish diversified telecommunications group and it is the largest Spanish multinational company by market capitalization. Telefonica is present in 25 countries with a significant presence…
The European Commission, after a 10 hour meeting lasting until 4am on October 27, has agreed to expand the capacity of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) to 1tn euro…
From Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th century to the British Colonizers in the 19th and 20th century, Europe has undoubtedly been the super power of the world for the past…
