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Global Projects RealNews

31 Dec 2007: Azerbaijan Presented Five Infrastructure Projects at 1st Annual Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum in New York

31 Dec 2007: Building Big Returns

31 Dec 2007: Innovative $1.4bn HOT Lane Project Reaches Financial Close

31 Dec 2007: Hydra Properties goes global

31 Dec 2007: Stagnant infrastructure projects hold Pune back

31 Dec 2007: Allco Fund Gets Early $176 Million Investment (Update1)

30 Dec 2007: Allco raises A$200mln for global infrastructure fund

30 Dec 2007: Sorouh awards Al Mashtal infrastructure package to Mouchel Parkman

30 Dec 2007: Infrastructure M&A

30 Dec 2007: Deploying infrastructure funds

29 Dec 2007: Infrastructure investment in Latin America needed Region's economies must invest at least 10 percent of their GDP in financing infrastructure projects

26 Dec 2007: Vinayak Chatterjee: Long-term funds for infrastructure

26 Dec 2007: RIL, GAIL join hands for global projects

26 Dec 2007: Lanco in tie-up talks with global operator for non-metro airports It's the 4th core sector firm from south India to enter the segment after small airports were opened to pvt players

26 Dec 2007: Arab funds vie for India investment

26 Dec 2007: Water council on the anvil to attract private players

26 Dec 2007: Schwarzenegger calls for public-private tie-ups

24 Dec 2007: Mayawati's new mantra: Public-private participation

19 Dec 2007: Paulson: weigh foreign infrastructure funds carefully

19 Dec 2007: Italy's F2i infrastructure fund reaches minimum 1.5 bln eur investment target

17 Dec 2007: NBAD okays Dh1.1b loan for Khalifa Port

15 Dec 2007: $200bn infrastructure bonanza coming

15 Dec 2007: King gambles reputation on green and global

14 Dec 2007: US loses status as World Bank top donor to Britain

14 Dec 2007: Gautrain tunnel construction speeds towards 2010 deadline

13 Dec 2007: GMR Infra raises $1b by stake sale to institutions

13 Dec 2007: Rebuilding Iraq

13 Dec 2007: AECOM Announces Contract with Libya Housing and Infrastructure Board with Potential Value of $574 Million

12 Dec 2007: Babcock & Brown Group Buys 80% of U.S. Gas Pipeline

12 Dec 2007: ADB extends US$ 100 million grant to Nepal

11 Dec 2007: Allco and IFM buy US power plants

10 Dec 2007: Qatar borrowers to sell $15 bln of bonds - minister

7 Dec 2007: World Bank to loan Maharashtra, India $5.8bn

5 Dec 2007: Private Equity Shifting Money to Public Works in USA

29 Nov 2007: [Victoria, Australia] State's watchdog lacks real bite

28 Nov 2007: CVM approves FGTS infrastructure fund - Brazil

26 Nov 2007: IndiaVenture to launch off-shore infrastructure fund

21 Nov 2007: Gulf Finance House to invest over US$ 2 billion in Mumbai

21 Nov 2007: PB Names Hawksworth CEO

21 Nov 2007: Cial has non-metro, foreign airports on radar (India)

21 Nov 2007: Public-private route for U.P infrastructure (India)

20 Nov 2007: GMR to raise Rs 2,000 cr via QIP

19 Nov 2007: Jordan: PM patronizes handover of QAIA to Airport International Group

19 Nov 2007: Mitsui looks to India with a cautious eye

17 Nov 2007: The environmental movement in the global South; The pivotal agent in fight against global warming?

16 Nov 2007: Canada's EDC buys 10% in $1-bn infra fund

16 Nov 2007: Australia's Macquarie a moneymaker, but is it skating on thin ice?

16 Nov 2007: Boom time for Indian realty developers

15 Nov 2007: Creating losing projects

14 Nov 2007: Seacom is 'global project' [Cape Town]

14 Nov 2007: DIC, HSBC, Oasis hold $300m first closing on MENA Infrastructure Fund

13 Nov 2007: Macquarie seeks $8bn more for European infrastructure

13 Nov 2007: Invesco says seek cover in Asian infrastructure plays

9 Nov 2007: Bombay airport revamp no flight of fancy

6 Nov 2007: The Carlyle Group said it has raised its first fund to invest in infrastructure projects and received equity commitments totaling $1.15 billion.

6 Nov 2007: China New Town hits it off with investors

5 Nov 2007: World Bank to increase lending to India

5 Nov 2007: New Insights Into Latest Mechanisms & Innovations In Islamic Project Finance

4 Nov 2007: Project Finance: Current Strength And Future Trends

30 Oct 2007: AIG-Highstar raise $3.5 bln infrastructure fund

30 Oct 2007: JPMorgan Starts $2 Billion India Infrastructure Fund

30 Oct 2007: BSEL Infrastructure Realty announces new investment in Ajman to develop seven towers in Emirates City

30 Oct 2007: Abu Dhabi attracts Dh9b capital for industrial cities

29 Oct 2007: Arcapita Bank sells South Staffordshire Water to Alinda for 400 mln stg

29 Oct 2007: IFC to Help La Confluencia Meet Energy Needs in Chile

29 Oct 2007: Eco-Cities Take Root

26 Oct 2007: On Investing in California's Future: Leveraging All Resources to Build for the Future

25 Oct 2007: UBS: Babcock & Brown - Raises US$800m US Infrastructure Fund

22 Oct 2007: IIFC to raise $2 bn to fund PPP projects

19 Oct 2007: Benettons seek to raise 4 bln eur for global infrastructure fund

18 Oct 2007: First State launches infrastructure fund to retail investors

15 Oct 2007: Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum - Over $274 Billion in Project Value

12 Oct 2007: Bombardier eyeing massive rail contract in China

12 Oct 2007: China building solid road to Kenya relations

12 Oct 2007: Decade of '05 to '15 belongs to infra: Tata MF

12 Oct 2007: Masdar Initiative: the world's first zero carbon, zero waste city

12 Oct 2007: Midway privatization 'going to happen,' Daley says

11 Oct 2007: India's infrastructure sector needs easy global finance capital

11 Oct 2007: Bureaucracy thrives in booming India

11 Oct 2007: The Money Questions that No One Wants to Face

6 Oct 2007: The Union Government Working Out a New Rating System for Infrastructure Projects Under Public Private Partnership (PPS) Schemes

6 Oct 2007: Is it time for the Great Synthesis?

5 Oct 2007: Approaching $1 Billion in Cost Overruns at Privatized P3 Hospitals

5 Oct 2007: Competing to "light up" Africas - scale up renewables lending and phase out support for polluting energy projects

5 Oct 2007: London to Get $32 Billion Railway to Help Aging Tube

4 Oct 2007: Turkey to Finance Iran Gas Project Without Partners

3 Oct 2007: New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development Urges the Government to Utilize PPPs to Advance Public Infrastructure Development

1 Oct 2007: Gulf International Bank in Nine Major Project Finance Transactions

27 Sep 2007: Lawrence Berkeley Lab Focuses on Project Financing and Pinpoints Inefficiencies in the U.S. Wind Power

26 Sep 2007: Thailand's first nuclear power plant will require $8 billion

26 Sep 2007: Making a land fit for oligarchs: Russia's island of the super-rich

24 Sep 2007: Media Next For A Dose Of MacCapitalism

24 Sep 2007: Macquarie India Infrastructure and International Finance Corp. plan to create a $1 billion private fund

24 Sep 2007: Africa Finance Corporation for Infrastructure Development

22 Sep 2007: Public Private Partnership policy to be presented soon

17 Sep 2007: New wave of infrastructure investment

17 Sep 2007: Chinese Real Estate Giants Amass Large Areas of Land

15 Sep 2007: Firms that rebuild roads, bridges worth a good look

14 Sep 2007: Citigroup to Raise $1 Billion for India Road Fund

13 Sep 2007: Private partnerships vs. expanding the state work force

12 Sep 2007: Private Investment Vital to Public Infrastructure

11 Sep 2007: Malaysia PM says no bailout for private-sector projects

11 Sep 2007: Playing the Global Infrastructure Boom

10 Sep 2007: Lagos slums to wear new look as World Bank earmarks $200m for upgrading

7 Sep 2007: ICICI to Set Up $2 Billion India Infrastructure Fund

7 Sep 2007: Public and private sector partnership criticised

7 Sep 2007: Stress on PPP model in infrastructure

7 Sep 2007: India Tower's green shoots

6 Sep 2007: Exxon, Sinopec, Aramco complete $4 bln financing for China JV

5 Sep 2007: World's first private spaceport

4 Sep 2007: Hill International appointed construction managers for Mall of Arabia project

3 Sep 2007: Ghana to supply China cocoa under dam funding deal

30 Aug 2007: Global Project Management - Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders

29 Aug 2007: West African infrastructure boost

29 Aug 2007: Dubai firm eyes Yemen projects

28 Aug 2007: Indian infrastructure projects stuck in paperwork quagmire

23 Aug 2007: Mega Indian Welcome for Japan - US$100 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

22 Aug 2007: 3i setting up $1 bln India infrastructure fund

21 Aug 2007: African infrastructure fund says investors interested

20 Aug 2007: Closing the Gap in Latin Infrastructure

20 Aug 2007: CH2M HILL team selected for mega expansion of Pananma Canal

19 Aug 2007: Tata Infrastructure Fund: The right growth mix

18 Aug 2007: Vietnamese infrastructure fund signs new investment MoU

18 Aug 2007: PPP key to national development: Pakistan

16 Aug 2007: "Iron Silk Road" to start in September

14 Aug 2007: VinaCapital launches infrastructure fund

13 Aug 2007: China, Mozambique: old friends, new business

11 Aug 2007: Infrastructure puts brakes on Brazil's growth

7 Aug 2007: Macquarie signs joint venture aimed at Russian infrastructure

6 Aug 2007: SEBI for dedicated infrastructure fund

6 Aug 2007: New fund sees gold in water investments

2 Aug 2007: India: PPP model to give wings to 300 airports

1 Aug 2007: Hochtief wins PPP school project in Frankfurt am Main

1 Aug 2007: Jisco takes model approach in S Africa project

31 Jul 2007: Ethiopia: Chinese Company to Construct First Private Industrial Zone

30 Jul 2007: UK: PPP Arbiter defers infrastructure service charge decision

30 Jul 2007: Moody's introduces Global Project Finance Group

30 Jul 2007: Australia: Super could boost infrastructure

29 Jul 2007: Hyderabad: More parking lots in busy areas

28 Jul 2007: India: SBICAP seals Rs 7793cr consortium finance for GGSRL

27 Jul 2007: UK: London mayor's transport team in talks to take charge of failed tube contractor

26 Jul 2007: UK: Tube workers lobby Downing Street

26 Jul 2007: Accounting for PFI

26 Jul 2007: UK: Health secretary promises limit on private sector services in NHS

26 Jul 2007: Uganda: World Bank to Fund Kasese Power

26 Jul 2007: China's Unique Cash Pool for Building Africa

25 Jul 2007: NHAI woos private players with high risk-high freedom model

25 Jul 2007: Canada: Still a lot of bugs to work out in P3 projects

25 Jul 2007: Metronet crisis: What next for the Tube upgrade?

24 Jul 2007: Canada: Edmonton announces north Ring Road plans to be built using public-private partnership model

24 Jul 2007: India: Maha to adopt PPP model for seven airports

24 Jul 2007: India: DBS Chola bets big on infrastructure

24 Jul 2007: CalPERS board hears about infrastructure plan

23 Jul 2007: Infrastructure securities could be getting place at table

22 Jul 2007: How Metronet came off the rails - and why investors lost 350m pounds

21 Jul 2007: Metronet black hole bodes ill for PFI

21 Jul 2007: India: Rules for new toll policy under formulation

21 Jul 2007: India: Infrastructure fund for state govts

19 Jul 2007: UK: PFI deals put bidders off

19 Jul 2007: Canada: Patients or Patience?

19 Jul 2007: Africa: Why Invest in Africa? Why Not?

18 Jul 2007: UK: Brown to face backlash as Metronet prepares to go into administration

18 Jul 2007: World Bank OKs funds for Malawi-Mozambique power

17 Jul 2007: Railways seeks private participation to introduce high-speed trains

17 Jul 2007: Don't confuse Africa ties for colonialism, China Daily

17 Jul 2007: UK: Livingstone steps in as Metronet faces financial collapse

14 Jul 2007: China wins permit to look for oil in Somalia

13 Jul 2007: Goldman fund makes move on US ports

12 Jul 2007: Tough road for Chinese banks to go overseas

12 Jul 2007: Principal launches sub-Saharan infrastructure fund

11 Jul 2007: VinaCapital's infrastructure fund makes first investment

10 Jul 2007: Malaysia manager introduces infrastructure fund

9 Jul 2007: UK: The true price of private prisons

9 Jul 2007: Canada: Funds turn to infrastructure investments

8 Jul 2007: Tawze'a awarded $800m water management deals in S. Arabia

7 Jul 2007: China to fund $1 bln hydro dam in Guinea: source

6 Jul 2007: Viet Nam infrastructure fund lists in London

6 Jul 2007: India: PPP model for speedy urban projects

6 Jul 2007: China: Rail construction scam probed

6 Jul 2007: China to develop Sudan offshore oil

5 Jul 2007: Africa: Singapore to Invest in New African Infrastructure Fund

5 Jul 2007: India: L&T to launch $1-bn infra fund

5 Jul 2007: Delhi plans 10 country-specific PPP centres as FDI magnets

5 Jul 2007: India: Larsen to launch $1 bln infrastructure fund

4 Jul 2007: UK: CBI Urges Export of PPP Expertise

3 Jul 2007: CNPC signs new Sudan oil block contract, may revive pressure to divestin listed arm

3 Jul 2007: Mozambique seeking Chinese investment in public transport sector

3 Jul 2007: Bank of Ireland appointed lead arranger for M7 / M8 Portlaoise Motorway PPP Project

2 Jul 2007: Africa fund backs unity drive with cash

1 Jul 2007: Philippines: ZTE broadband deal violated Arroyo policy

1 Jul 2007: India: RBI to lend $5 bn for infrastructure

29 Jun 2007: MOZAMBIQUE: Green lobby opposes dam construction

28 Jun 2007: Down the Tube: London's troubled Tube contract goes to arbitration

27 Jun 2007: NZ$ 2.4 billion for infrastructure

27 Jun 2007: World Bank to fund West African road, rail links

26 Jun 2007: Tawze'e wins major contracts for infrastructure projects in three Saudi industrial cities

26 Jun 2007: Cash boost for Ecuador's roads

25 Jun 2007: Fund company makes a bet on infrastructure

25 Jun 2007: