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The Bre-X Fraud
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ASIN: 0771033346 Release Date: 1997-08-29 |
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The history books will add the Bre-X saga to other legendary frauds like the South Sea Bubble. When the Bre-X bubble burst, the stock that had soared from fifty cents in 1994 to the equivalent of $286 in 1996 was worth nine cents in May 1997, before trading halted forever. And the Busang deposit, supposedly as much as 200 million ounces of gold, worth about $70 billion U.S. – the biggest gold find in history – was actually the century’s biggest fraud.Customer Reviews:
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Many people were ruined when Bre-X shot up 10,000 percent, and then tanked in a couple of hours. No one ever seems to learn, not after Keating, BCCI, Drexel Burnham, and Maxwell. Only those of us too poor to be in the stock market ever seem to see this coming. We can only ask ourselves "who's next?" in macabre anticipation.
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Making Foreign Investment Safe: Property Rights and National Sovereignty
Louis T. Wells , and Rafiq Ahmed Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover General
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With real case stories, Wells and Ahmed bring to life both the hopes for and the failures of international guarantees of property rights for investors in the developing world. Their cases focus on infrastructure projects, but the lessons apply equally to many other investments. In the 1990's inexperienced firms from rich countries jumped directly into huge projects in some of the world's least developed countries. Their investments reflected almost unbridled enthusiasm for emerging markets and trust in new international guarantees. Yet within a few years the business pages of the world press were reporting an exploding number of serious disputes between foreign investors and governments. As the expected bonanzas proved elusive and the protections weaker than anticipated, many foreign investors became disenchanted with emerging markets. So bad were the outcomes in some cases that a few notable infrastructure firms came close to bankruptcy; several others hurriedly fled poor countries as projects soured. In this book, Louis Wells and Rafiq Ahmed show why disputes developed, point out how investments and disputes have changed over time, explore why various firms responded differently to crises, and question the basic wisdom of some of the enthusiasm for privatization. The authors tell how firms, countries, and multilateral development organizations can build a conflict-management system that balances the legitimate economic and social concerns of the host countries and those of investors. Without these changes, multinational corporations will lose profitable opportunities and poor countries will not gain the contributions that foreign investment can make toward alleviating poverty.
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Indonesian Gold
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Based on events surrounding the infamous, billion-dollar BRE-X gold fraud, and the determined few who recklessly destroyed so many lives with their all-consuming quest for gold, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. When Canadian miner, Borneo Gold Corporation announces the discovery of gold reserves in excess of twenty million ounces, pundits drive the worthless stock to giddying heights as the rich and powerful in three countries move to secure control over the deposit. Dayak tribes are forced off traditional lands, precipitating ethnic blood feuds and a return to headhunting practices as exploration practices destroy pristine forests and pollute the environment. 'Indonesian Gold' brings a depth of description and colour to the archipelago?s ethnic tribes as they resist the flood of Moslem migrants from the poorer, Indonesian islands, and reveals the extent of devastation visited upon indigenous peoples by multinational, mining companies. Additional Links for Kerry B. Collison January 15, 2000 Radio Broadcast with Kelly Worden; 55 mins "On The Edge" Radio explores International intrigue and the covert lifestyle with Kerry Collison of the Royal Australian Air Force, cleared to the highest level of security. Indonesia boasted the third largest Communist Party in the world. Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War had just started and there was a growing fear that the threat of an Asian invasion of Australia was becoming a real possibility. Kerry was sent to Jakarta as the Assistant Air Attaché and interpreter in the Australian Embassy during the final stages of the time which became known as the Years of Living Dangerously. Kerry B Collison (author) on AuthorsDen Book Reviews - The Northern Rivers Echo Newspaper, Lismore Kerry Collison has made a name for himself writing big, factually detailed novels about Indonesia (his previous books include Merdeka Square, Jakarta and The Fifth Season). This time around the subject matter is the discovery of gold on Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo). Current Affairs and Event Alerts Kerry's Collison's Current Affairs and Event Alerts Kerry's personal website Kerry's author site on authordox.com Crescent Moon Rising At a time when Australians are wavering in support of a proposed U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, more than six hundred U.S. Marines rotating on R & R in Bali suddenly disappear; then, Kuta erupts in a fireball and Australia falls into line with America's demand to become part of the 'Coalition of the Willing'.
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BRE-X: The Inside Story
Diane Francis Manufacturer: Key Porter Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover General
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For 2 years, BRE-X was the darling of the world's stock markets. Millionaires were created over night; until the scam was uncovered.
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Power in Motion: Capital Mobility and the Indonesian State
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Economic Development and Prospects in the Asean: Foreign Investment and Growth in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia
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Indonesia Transport Equipment And Ships (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
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Indonesia Art Handicrafts, Children's Toys, And Paintings Export-import And Business Opportunities Handbook (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
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Western enterprise in Indonesia and Malaya;: A study in economic development, (Reprints of economic classics)
G. C Allen Manufacturer: A.M. Kelley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding General
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First published in 1957
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