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The BRIC ready to recast world order and dump the US Dollar

[BRIC , Business , Markets ]   Over the past years, the assembly lines of most companies were building new plants and shifting its production to emerging countries, especially from the United States to China. Now, however, a reverse trend just … more Edit

India could be 1st BRIC to lose investment grade: S&P Reuters - Standard & Poor's said on Monday that India could become the first of the so-called BRIC economies to lose its investment-grade status, sending … more

Russia is a country which had always caught up attention of the the world's investors. The large number of companies, the business culture, the huge market, and vast natural resources are now more than ever on the top of the list of the wisest moneymakers. Right after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the communism and long before the use of the BRIC term, the launching of Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) has boosted the Russian economic take off...

[ ] Chinese stocks continue to fall China's stocks fell for a sixth consecutive day, the longest losing streak in six months, after Daiwa Securities Group Inc. cut its second-quarter growth projection for the world's second-biggest economy. … more

[Articles , Guest Lists , Opinion , World ] This is a guest post by Lior Alkalay, senior analyst, eToro, and part 2 of a 2 part series. Lior is the head of market research at eToro and advises on various subjects including hedging … more

Official sources: China opening to foreign businesses According to reports from the Chinese state media, the second world's economy will take steps to allow foreign businesses to float shares in the country. It would also … more

[ ] China's State Grid to buy Brazil assets from Spain's ACS State Grid Corp of China stated last week that it has agreed to buy electricity transmission assets in Brazil from Spain's ACS SA for $531 … more

[ ] Slow down: China's stocks plummet Chinese stocks fell to the lowest level in a week due to concerns with drugmakers and developers in the country. The slow down in the economy have hurt profits in … more

Timizzer.com - The Brazil quarter growth rate of 0.2 percent has frustrated a lot of investors. Some would even say that the honey moon between the big of South America and international investors is now bitter. The creator of the term BRIC, Jim O'Neil, thinks that analysts are always exaggerating perspectives and that's now the case with Brazil. "Financial markets go from one extreme to the other when the expectation about a country is not confirmed. The forecasts of Brazil growth were too high, mainly after the 7.5 percent GDP rate of 2010. Adjustments were already necessary then. But now some analysis are exaggerating the problems and risks of Brazil", told O'Neill to the BBC... Continue: TImizzer.com

Author of the books Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot and The Return of The Idiot, Álvaro Vargas Llosa is a well-know figure in Latin American economics and politics. An individual investor and member of The Washington Post Writers Group, Vargas Llosa is recognized by his critical view of statism and political dirigisme. At the Liberty Summit (Fórum da Liberdade), which was held in Porto Alegre, in a panel about the future of Brazil and lessons from other countries, Vargas Llosa remarked that the South American country has very good advantages compared to others...