International and Emerging Markets Blog
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China ,
Russia,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
global,
entrepreneur,
research,
IBR,
women in business,
CEO,
women,
gender,
board,
boardroom,
management,
International business report,
equality

As the world celebrates the 100th International Women’s Day, we discover which countries foster female success – and which fall short.
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
statistics,
China,
report,
growth,
M&A,
survey,
IBR,
mergers,
Brazil,
funding,
Russia,
mergers and acquisitions,
BRIC,
acquisition,
listing,
Brazil, Russia, India, China, M&A, mergers and acquisition, IBR, statistics, acquisition, growth, report, survey, listing, funding

Nearly half (44%) of privately held businesses in the BRIC economies are planning to grow by acquisition in 2011, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton International. You can read the full report on M&A activity planned by Brazil, Russia, India and China below.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India
| Tags: business,
India,
finance,
investment,
statistics,
M&A,
deals,
IBR,
South Asia,
mergers and acquisitions,
acquisition,
Tata,
Jaguar Land Rover
M&A statistics are showing a sharp increase in Indian takeovers in the UK last year, with Indian companies announcing 24 M&A deals targeting UK assets valued at £571 million.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China
| Tags: business,
statistics,
economy,
China,
survey,
IBR,
GDP,
inflation,
International business report,
confidence,
forecast,
index,
outlook,
Five Year Plan,
optimism
Levels of business optimism in mainland China have taken a dramatic fall over the past 12 months, partly caused by the growing inflation concerns, according to the
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India
| Tags: business,
India,
statistics,
report,
UK,
data,
BBC,
David Cameron,
news,
trade,
India Economy,
Divya Baweja

Trade friction means that India and the UK shouldn’t rely on historical ties to keep deals afloat but should focus on feeding their mutual interests. What the two sides have to offer each other in the global economy was the subject of a recent report by BBC India.
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