economy

Hello all

Here comes the link to the paper mentioned in class today. I spoke to Mr. Auboin and showed him the paper on my laptop.

http://www.imf.org/external/np/res/exrate/2004/eng/051904.pdf

There was some discrepancy between the title he had written on the flip chart and the exact title on the IMF website.

Cheers

Suresh

One analyst says situation could become 'a nightmare' as country, which supplies huge amounts of energy to Europe, struggles to fill leadership void.

December 21 2006: 10:25 AM EST

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- The death of Turkmen leader Saparmurat Niyazov on Thursday plunges Europe's energy security into doubt, with the prospect of a struggle for power raising the specter of a new gas crisis.

The self-styled "Turkmenbashi" or "Head of the Turkmen" left no designated successor to lead the autocratic state, which had planned to step up its gas exports to help Russian gas monopoly Gazprom meet a quarter of Europe's needs.