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GLOBAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TO EXCEED $1 TRILLION, UNCTAD PREDICTS
… acquisitions, including the purchase by foreign investors of privatized state-owned enterprises, are driving the … a formidable force in today´s world economy". The world´s top 100 non-financial TNCs in terms of foreign assets, … of the mega-deals involve companies listed in UNCTAD´s list of the world´s 100 largest transnational corporations …
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT GAINS IN LATIN AMERICA. BRAZIL INFLOWS RISE SHARPLY TO RECORD
… Despite turbulence in emerging markets, flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) (1) by transnational … gains for Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Top TNCs from Latin America UNCTAD’s top 50 developing country TNC list contains numerous corporations from Latin America (the …
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CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: WAITING FOR THE FDI BOOM
… EMBARGO The contents of this Report must not be quoted or summarized in the print, … Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary as the three top locations for inward FDI in the region (figure 2). Far … Russian firms is reflected in the composition of UNCTAD´s list of the top TNCs from CEE, in which Russian firms are …
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Largest transnational corporations pursued further expansion abroard in 2007, Report says
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be … Manufacturing and petroleum companies retain some of the top positions in UNCTAD´s ranking of the world´s 25 largest … the petroleum sector and telecoms dominating the list (Table 2). The regions and countries of origin of the …
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FIRMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RAPIDLY EXPANDING FOREIGN INVESTMENT, TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
… - especially Asian firms - are mirroring the behaviour of their counterparts in industrialized nations, investing … in their regions and elsewhere. Asia dominates the top 50 transnational corporations (TNCs) based in developing … path. These firms and others not on the top 50 list are playing an increasing role in linking national …
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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BOOST FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BY 46 PER CENT TO NEW RECORD
… (M&As) were the driving force that led to record volumes of foreign direct investment by the developed countries. … last year, the United Kingdom led the European Union list with US$63 billion (US$37 billion in 1997), followed by … No less than 89 per cent of the TNCs on UNCTAD’s Top 100 list are from the European Union, North America and …
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FDI INFLOWS TO LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING YEAR
… EMBARGO The contents of this Report must not be quoted or summarized in the print, … particularly in their own region. Of the region´s top 10 non-financial TNCs on UNCTAD´s list of the top 50 TNCs from all developing countries, six …
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AFRICA: TURNAROUND IN FDI INFLOWS LAST YEAR
… EMBARGO The contents of this Report must not be quoted or summarized in the print, … 1). Morocco and these four countries led the region´s list of the 10 largest recipient countries of FDI inflows in … TNCs - all based in South Africa - are among UNCTAD´s top 50 TNCs based in developing countries (table 2). Policies …
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FDI TO LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN PLUMMETED IN 2002
… in 2002 for the third consecutive year, falling in 28 of the region´s 40 economies, according to the World … the stage, with seven companies appearing on UNCTAD´s list of the top 50 developing country TNCs. Five other Latin American …
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PROMISING FDI PROSPECTS FOR ASIA – REGION TOPPED ALL DEVELOPING AREAS IN ATTRACTING FDI LAST YEAR
… EMBARGO The contents of this Report must not be quoted or summarized in the print, … of China as sources of FDI. Asian companies dominate the list of the 50 largest transnational corporations (TNCs) from developing countries, with 32 of the total; among the top 10 Asian TNCs, half are from Hong Kong, China (table 2). …