Author: Leopard Capital 
Members of the CARICOM Bureau during a visit to Haiti
BASSETERRE,ST. KITTS, FEBRUARY 16TH 2012 (CUOPM) – CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Ambassador Irwin La Rocque and Haiti’s Foreign Minister, His Excellency Laurent Lamothe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding identifying a number of areas in which CARICOM can assist Haiti. More…
Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia
As the world’s fastest growing economy, Mongolia has the most promising untapped deposits of iron, gold, silver and coal in the world–but will it serve as a curse or a blessing?
Where traditional nomadic life once comprised the landscape of the Gobi desert for thousands of years, bus stops and 20-story tall ore extraction shafts now stand among More…
Reposted from Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Thursday it was in the process of returning to Myanmar after 25 years, but the isolated Southeast Asian nation will first have to clear its arrears to global financial institutions before the bank resumes lending. More…
"Press Freedom" by Harn Lay
Under the rule of former dictator Snr-Gen Than Shwe, Burma was one of the most media-unfriendly countries in the world. The press was denied access to everything from public debates to Parliamentary sessions, media websites were blocked and hacked, stories were More…
Joseph Stiglitz
BANGKOK—Myanmar’s government is making progress toward simplifying its unwieldy foreign exchange regime and is seriously pursuing other major reforms, Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz said after a visit to the Southeast Asian nation this week. More…
Reposted from the Asia Society
Priscilla Clapp and Suzanne DiMaggio
In January 2012, an Asia Society delegation visited Burma/Myanmar to engage in a Track II dialogue with the a newly created, independent think tank based in Yangon. The MDRI participants in the dialogue include advisors with a mandate to provide policy advice in More…
Reposted from allafrica.com
By Misuk Moses Mule
Juba — The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment, Garang Diing Akuang and the Bangladesh delegation yesterday discussed plans of investment in South Sudan. The discussion was held at the minister’s office in Juba. More…
Saigon Hanoi Bank
CHENNAI, India and HANOI, Vietnam, February 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Intellect Core Banking Solution, Lending, Trade Finance and Treasury Functionalities to Support the Banks Operations
Polaris Financial Technology Ltd. (POLS.BO), a leading global Financial Technology Company today announced that Saigon Hanoi Bank (SHB), one of the leading private sector More…
Karl Jean-Louis
Yesterday the Minister of Trade and Industry, Wilson Laleau installed at the head of the Investment Facilitation Center (Centre de Facilitation des Investissements – CFI), Mr. Karl Jean-Louis in place of Mr Guy Lamothe, who was appointed Ambassador of Haiti More…
FLSmidth is the world's largest provider of cement
Denmark based world’s largest cement plant maker FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately EUR 86m (DKK 640m) from the Mongolian company, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group, to supply a greenfield cement plant. The plant will be located some 330 kilometres from the capital city Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
In December 2011, FLSmidth received an order for supply of a greenfield copper concentrator for one of MAK’s mines in Mongolia. FLSmidth will deliver all equipment, engineering and commissioning for the cement plant, which will have a capacity of 3,000 tonnes per day.
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