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Emerging-markets funds typically invest lots in companies like Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and the Asian computer-chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor.
WSJ: Investing in Emerging Markets Isn't for Amateurs
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The RBS consortium is in contrast planning to break ABN into three equal parts, giving RBS LaSalle Bank, the Asian operations and corporate banking, Santander the Brazilian and Italian units, and Fortis the operations in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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In January 1999, as the Asian financial crisis spread to Latin America, the Brazilian government abandoned the dollar peg and the value of Brazil's real tumbled.
FORBES: Spend, Spend, Spend