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25-Mar-19 Mexico's foreign direct investment in tourism plummeted by 50% in 2018, to USD798.5 mn. Mexico also dropped from sixth to seventh place in arrival of foreign visitors due to the recovery of Turkey. [image: Tourism Review]
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25-Mar-19 Oman's Deepak Oman Industries Project has laid the foundation for its USD120 mn integrated chemical complex. The project will produce 225,000 tonnes of calcium chloride and sodium nitrate annually. FDI in the Salalah Free Zone has reached USD5.2 bn. [image: Trade Arabia]
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22-Mar-19 In countries where more than half the workforce have upper secondary education there is a strong positive relationship between capital investment and productivity. Seven countries with well educated populations and low fixed capital per worker are investing above average in fixed capital, and therefore look to be opportunity markets. Conversely there are eight countries which have a good standard of education but are not investing enough to fully leverage it in future. [image: Global Demographics Ltd]
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20-Mar-19 Indonesia-based logistic startup, Kargo Technologies, debuts in Southeast Asia after raising seed funding of USD7.6 mn. Kargo is also backed by Uber founder Travis Kalanick’s 10100 Fund, and co-founder of Northstar Group, Patrick Walujo, an early investor in Go-Jek. [image: KrAsia]
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19-Mar-19 Columbia Pacific Management’s Asian hospital business has drawn interest from global PE players including KKR, CVC and Carlyle. If successful, the deal would be worth USD2 bn and be the biggest transaction in Southeast Asia’s hospital sector in nine years. [image: The Star]
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