Russia hopes to reinvent the troubled Caucasus region after 2014 Winter Olympics in nearby Sochi
European mayors tout their cities' real estate offerings
The mayors of six major European cities tell Spencer Andersonand Courtney Fingarabout the signature development plans and projects they hoped to promote at the Mipim 2011 global real estate gathering.
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Inside fDi: Just how comfortable is your comfort zone?
The recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia have scuppered the plans of many people connected with FDI, including Courtney Fingar.As the two previously investor-friendly north African countries recover from this turbulence, they will also be tentatively waiting to see if foreign investors feel quite the same affinity towards them as they did just a few months ago
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Brisbane is back in business after floods
Brisbane is set to recover well from the recent floods, say officials, and the rebuilding effort will provide a boost to the economy
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Vietnam and Istanbul top hotel project ranking
fDi's ranking of the most attractive locations for hotel projects has thrown up two surprise winners: Vietnam is the leading country and Istanbul tops the city list
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Has the commercial property sector turned a corner?
A host of forecasts and analyses by real estate firms indicates that the commercial property market is recovering. It is still early days, but the figures are stacking up
Getting the measure of FDI
Defining just what is and what isn't an 'FDI' project is tricky enough, without getting into the many ways of measuring and comparing such projects. The Canadian province of Quebec is seeking to cast new light on the subject
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Anbar creates economic development council
Iraq province's special council to target foreign investors to aid its recovery from the conflict of the past decade
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Inside fDi:Let's spell it out: no more acronyms
It started with a BRIC. Then came the PIGs. And now it seems that no global conference is complete until someone has grouped a load of countries together and, most importantly, made their initial letters into a word. Enough already, says Foreign Direct Investment magazine editor Courtney Fingar, who believes that these acronyms have outserved their purpose
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Inside fDi: Too much swinging misses the target
The aftermath of the global economic crisis has seen capitalism, and with it globalisation, take a kicking while many clamoured to declare the state as king. Such swings are inevitable after such a bumpy economic ride, but it must be remembered that a pendulum can only swing so far until yet another backlash sets it moving back in the opposite direction.
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