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To guard against this, companies often consider a type of political-risk insurance that protects against governmental exchange-rate barriers.

As Risks Rise, Currency Insurance Could Gain Favor Chana R. Schoenberger 2011

The country's chief justice, Renato Corona, is a close ally of Ms. Arroyo, and political-risk consultancy IHS Global Insight said he was appointed shortly before the 2010 elections, despite a constitutional ban on so-called midnight appointments.

Former Philippine President Charged With Electoral Fraud James Hookway 2011

"We've reached a tipping point," said Exclusive Analysis, a London-based intelligence and political-risk firm.

Syrian Protesters Attacked Nour Malas 2011

Say-on-Pay Turns Into Sue-on-Pay CFO Cash Awards Continue Upward Climb Bridging the Giant Gap in Small Business Lending In the fallout from the world-wide financial crisis, "investors are more concerned about political risk," said Ms. Quintrell, whose Washington, D.C.-based agency, known as MIGA, is on the hook for $9 billion in overall political-risk insurance coverage, which goes beyond currency risk.

As Risks Rise, Currency Insurance Could Gain Favor Chana R. Schoenberger 2011

If Aleppo and Damascus don't turn against Assad, then the regime does have substantial and significant support, said Ayham Kamel , a Middle East analyst at Eurasia Group, a New York-based political-risk consultancy.

Attacks Bring Syria's Chaos to New Front Charles Levinson 2012

"Much more needs to be done to bring Hungary back onto the right path," said Mujtaba Rahman , an analyst at Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy.

EU Begins Legal Cases Against Hungary Matthew Dalton 2012

Earlier Syria Revolt Fueld by Fires, Tweets "There's no clear path for how the opposition is drawing for how it wants the regime to fall," said Ayham Kamel, an associate at political-risk firm Eurasia Group.

Syrian Protesters Attacked Nour Malas 2011

The Syrian government's apparent failure to control Zabadani, a suburb held for much of the past week by defected soldiers, indicates it no longer has enough loyal troops "to impose President Assad's will across the country by indiscriminate use of lethal force," Exclusive Analysis, a London-based intelligence and political-risk firm, wrote in a report Thursday.

Battles Put Damascus On the Edge Nour Malas 2012

"He is the ace in the hole for the president and the Workers Party in general," said Christopher Garman, a Washington-based Brazil analyst at the Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy.

Ex-Brazilian Leader Diagnosed With Cancer Paulo Prada 2011

Patrick Esteruelas, an analyst with the Eurasia Group, a political-risk research group.

Economy, Not Security, Is Key Colombia Issue 2010