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The new US tax deal could boost economic growth to around 3% in 2011, economists forecast.

Emerging markets will continue to attract investors this year, according to DR bankers.

High-yield market left unscathed by a US treasuries sell-off in early December on news of the Bush-era tax cuts renewal.

M&A - particularly in emerging markets - will pick up in 2011 after remaining flat this past year, analysts say.

Abu Dhabi tries to outdo Dubai with new port facilities.

World Cup fever in Russia.

Electricity goes private.

China's Internet users present a rich potential market.

Rousseff: Getting off to a steady start.

India's craving for luxury cars grows.

Faced with a widening budget deficit in the wake of its economic stimulus program, Russia is rolling out the red carpet to foreign investors with a $39 billion privatization program. The government will sell minority stakes in state-controlled companies, including oil producer Rosneft and two major banks, VTB and Sberbank.

Companies based in Taiwan that already have global depositary receipt (GDR) programs will explore establishing new Level 1 American depositary receipt (ADR) programs over the next 18 months, according to BNY Mellon.

Bangalore-based Infosys Technologies, the second largest company by market capitalization on the Bombay Stock Exchange, announced one of the first mobile-banking solutions that offers financial-management and advisory services.

With strong government backing and clear goals for increased capacity development, China is fast surpassing its counterparts in the West, including the US and Germany, in building and supporting cleantech investment.

The fallout from the World Trade Organization's ruling last month that the US was within its rights in imposing import tariffs of up to 35% on Chinese tires to safeguard the US tire industry will have widespread repercussions.

South Korea finalized details of its free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States last month, more than three years after the former presidents of the two countries signed an initial agreement.

Latin America's robust recovery from the global financial crisis is having an impact even on the poorest people in the region, according to a new report from the United Nations' Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac).

President Barack Obama's tax deal with the Republican opposition and his efforts to woo business leaders demonstrate a willingness to compromise and suggest a new direction for his administration in the next two years.

In a sign that regulators are clamping down on bribery and corruption in international business, from April 2011 the UK will implement what legal experts are describing as "one of the strictest anti-bribery regimes in the world."

Spare a thought for Andris Piebalgs, the EU's development commissioner. At a time when politicians across Europe are telling people to tighten their belts during the toughest fiscal retrenchment in living memory, Piebalgs has a different task: encouraging them to spend more.

As Qatar kicks off its campaign to ensure it has the infrastructure to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the region's banks are hoping the massive investment will lead to a boost for Islamic financing.