Oxford Analytica

patternsThe ##% rise came within a ##% rise worldwide: Companies#; profits...Companies#; profits have been recycled as reinvested earnings (an estimated ##...border mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Transnational corporations (TNCs) have been...although WIR does not give a breakdown by country, for SEE

in poor shape to mount a fight-back in forthcoming local...control over power in Madagascar, a level of individual domination not...opposition has failed to present a united front or coherent alternative...see MADAGASCAR: Election to be a vote on economic reforms - November

The current credit crisis poses a serious challenge to such funds...prime mortgage market has had a major impact on the global...buyouts (LBOs), which occur when a target company#;s assets are...company#;s assets are used as collateral for loans taken by

reallocated several major portfolios in a bid to regain momentum, with...an election due within about a year. Prime Minister Helen Clark...opinion polls and to justify a fourth term from #### -- the...in large part due to a change of leadership to a ##-year-old former merchant

Alvaro Uribe#;s coalition won a significant share of the contested...in effect rendered the elections a draw. In local and regional...of local offices. More than a mid-term evaluation of the...Several trends made the elections a political draw: Popularity is not

October ##. The creation of a new pensions scheme has raised...of President Evo Morales sent a bill to Congress that would...age of ## would receive a monthly payment of ### bolivianos...occupational pension. The scheme, known as Dignidad, replaces the Bonosol arrangement

unsustainable, deprives local fishermen of a traditional source of food, and...and several species face extinction -- a recent paper in the journal...and enhancing global warming. Nonetheless, a #### mathematical modelling study by...#### mathematical modelling study by a group of US marine scientists

September, Israeli warplanes apparently attacked a nuclear-related facility in Syria...in Syria. The site had a satellite footprint similar to the...Washington that Syria was pursuing a nuclear weapons programme with Pyongyang...warplanes on September # attacked a suspected nuclear facility in central

the strength of the economy, as well as the weaknesses of a divided opposition. However, significant challenges...Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won a first-round victory in the...Luis Governor Alberto Rodriguez Saa, a dissident Peronist on the centre...#%. Fernandez will also enjoy a majority in both houses of

problems will mount and encourage a return to military hostilities. The...and the talks have reached a point where progress is necessary...credible and the supporters of a negotiated solution interested. Recent delays...talks and spur interest in a military solution.Positive progress Three

and honesty fit Putin plan A profile of Prime Minister Viktor...Zubkov is likely to play a key role in the management...circle. Viktor Zubkov#;s appointment as prime minister last month is...than it appeared. He is a man of proven administrative abilities

sanctions remain the best of a poor range of options for...Iran. The Clinton administration imposed a complete ban on trade and...gas sector. However, ILSA included a presidential waiver that has been...month, Washington designated the IRGC as an entity of proliferation concern

South Carolina will then serve as a potentially pivotal hurdle for the...that, political progress will depend as much on how the media...chooses to evaluate early results as on the candidates#; initiativesUnusual contest...White House to informally sponsor a clear front-runner who is

consumers. Increasingly, these conflicts have a global as well as European dimension. The EU produces...# billion tonnes of waste a year -- around ### kilograms per...supply. Handling this waste is a major economic undertaking. Economic importance...where the EU could develop a global competitive edge; others -- mainly

air and ground attack on a Sri Lanka Air Force base...helicopters, four training planes and a Beechcraft surveillance aircraft. Opposition politicians...reconnaissance aircraft is significant (particularly as another surveillance aircraft is currently...surveillance aircraft is currently grounded as the government waits for the

agencies of government. Independence is a virtue for official agencies, especially...for official agencies, especially in a state with a background in dictatorship. However, some...and the judiciary generally did as asked by the Blue House...Ministry, police and judges vis-a-vis a prosecution service which boasts wide

limit fuel supply services to a few countries are expected to...exporting reactors to countries such as India and Iran. Yet until...Building reactorsKiriyenko has called for a significant increase in the share...developing an innovative prototype of a floating nuclear power reactor. Russia

In ####, at EU insistence, a specialised anti-corruption department was...Agencies auditing corruption worldwide, such as Transparency International, regularly claim that...to approve the creation of a state agency designed to monitor...years had spearheaded this and a range of other reforms, was