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*ENRC, Bumi among those expected to testify. LONDON, May 19- Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which lawmakers fear have dented the stock market's reputation.
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*ENRC, Bumi among those expected to testify. LONDON, May 19- Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which lawmakers fear have dented the stock market's reputation.
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LONDON, May 17- The coveted investment grade rating has arrived in Turkey and foreign capital may follow- possibly a lot of it. An investment grade rating, which Moody's gave Turkey on Thursday, potentially opens Turkey to more conservative funds. "This could bring a whole new investor base to Turkey," says Tim Ash, head of emerging markets research at Standard Bank.
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LONDON, May 17- The coveted investment grade rating has arrived in Turkey and foreign capital may follow- possibly a lot of it. An investment grade rating, which Moody's gave Turkey on Thursday, potentially opens Turkey to more conservative funds. "This could bring a whole new investor base to Turkey," says Tim Ash, head of emerging markets research at Standard Bank.
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Zachary Latif, managing director at TLG Capital Investments, discusses bonds and explains why he is "very bullish" on the emerging market space.
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Brendan Brown, Head of Research at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International says the Australia carry trade is at the beginning of an implosion and other emerging market carry trades might follow the same path.
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*MSCI Asia Pacific ex- Japan steady, Japan's Nikkei slips. U.S. equities sagged on Thursday after John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the Fed could begin easing back on the monetary gas pedal this summer and end bond buying late this year.
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"You want to be in sectors that sell to the people who benefit from wage inflation: consumers," said John Lomax, head of emerging equity strategy at HSBC. Russian supermarket chain Magnit saw profits jump 28 percent in the first quarter and its shares have returned 190 percent since April 2010, according to Morgan Stanley.
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FRANKFURT, May 16- Emerging markets will see the highest growth in premiums for insurance companies this year and next, while Europe lags, according to the world's biggest reinsurer, Munich Re. In a study published on Thursday, Munich Re forecast growth in property-casualty insurance premiums of about 6 percent in Eastern Europe and Latin America in 2013-2014..
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CNBC's Ross Westgate tells you what the markets will be watching as we approach the start of trading in the U.S.
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Luis Costa, EM debt strategist, at Citi, discusses the USD/JPY following the release of the Japanese first quarter GDP and advises investing in Latin American currencies.
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Russia is set for 10 years of anemic growth, according to economists, who said the slowdown is predominantly due to low investment and structural factors.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- The European Commission plans to send a formal warning to China that it is ready to levy trade duties against telecoms equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp over what it says are illegal subsidies, people close to the matter said.
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For the full fiscal year Dr. Reddy's said its net income rose 18 percent to 16.8 billion rupees, or $1.80 per share. The Hyderabad, India- based company reported greater sales in North America, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and other emerging markets. U.S. shares of Dr. Reddy's lost 85 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $37.61 in morning trading.
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CNBC's Ross Westgate tells you what the markets will be watching as we approach the start of trading in the U.S.
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Jamie Cooper-Hohn, president and CEO of CIFF, explains the impact poor nutrition has on economic growth and estimates an 11% GDP loss for Africa and south-East Asia due to under-nutrition.
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Leah Zell, Lizard Investors founder, shares stock ideas with an international flare.
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*Palladium expected to average $740/ oz in next 6 months. LONDON, May 13 (Reuters- China's demand for cars and lower Russian palladium sales should keep the world market for the metal used for autocatalysts in deficit and send its price to the highest since mid-2011, refiner Johnson Matthey said.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.6 pct, Nikkei scales 5-1/ 2- year peak. Investors remained cautious ahead of a set of data due later in the session to gauge the current state of the world's top two economies, the United States and China. "A strength in the dollar is weighing on commodities across the board," said Ben Le Brun, analyst at OptionsXpress in Sydney. "
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Companies like Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca have grown dependent on higher U.S. prices to generate profits as generic rivals to their best-selling medicines enter the world market, Europe's government-run health plans clamp down on spending and sales growth in emerging markets stutters.
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Large-scale IPOs have hit record levels year-to-date, as new emerging countries enter the market and investors hunt for higher returns.