Emerging Markets
Germany Weighs Greek Aid as Market Drop Spurs Reversal on Eve of EU Summit German Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble will brief lawmakers today on steps he may take to
support the Greek government as it braces for a wave of strikes
protesting deficit-reduction plans.
SPACs Will Help to Reverse Korean Mergers Slowdown, Green Korea's Ji Says Special purpose acquisition
companies will drive takeovers in South Korea, where deal volume
has dropped for the past three years, said Ji Sung Bae, who runs
the country’s first such firm.
South Korea's Central Bank May Maintain Rate at 2% Amid Political Pressure South Korea’s central bank may keep
the benchmark interest rate at a record low as the government
presses policy makers to stoke the economy before elections.
India Rejects Genetically Modified Vegetable, Hampering Monsanto Expansion India’s government rejected the
nation’s first genetically modified food after protests by
farmers, hampering the expansion of seed makers including
Monsanto Co. in the world’s second-most populous nation.
Brazil Will Decide This Month Which U.S. Goods Face Sanctions, Porto Says Brazil hasn’t yet decided which U.S.
goods will face retaliation after the World Trade Organization
authorized sanctions in response to subsidies to cotton farmers,
agriculture ministry official Celio Porto said in an interview
in Brasilia.