Business & Economics | Simon Roughneen- Part 48

State investment funds set to play stronger world role – Sunday Business Post

http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2007/12/30/story29239.asp Huge, secretive government funds involved in buying-in and baling out are causing a stir in global financial circles,...

The greed behind Burma’s agony – Sunday Business Post

http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2007/09/30/story26992.asp Corruption is endemic in the military-dominated Burmese economy, and army cadres have been enriched using the country’s natural...

EU envoy: Malay policy ‘discriminatory’ – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=53480 EU envoy’s comments on Malaysian economic and social policies cause furor and focus attention on alleged discrimination in...

Influence Anxiety: China in Africa – ISN

By Simon Roughneen in Nairobi for ISN Security Watch (15/05/06) “Business is business. We try to separate politics from...