If you are the adventurous sort and happen to find yourself strolling the streets of Tripoli, Libya, you may smell the familiar aroma of cinnamon buns baking. U.S. bakery chain Cinnabon opened a new café in downtown Tripoli, making it the first American franchise to set up shop in the country. You can bet that...Read More

Europe may be mired in crisis and global growth may be slowing, but it is business as usual at Turkish mobile giant Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri ($TKC). Turkcell released second quarter results late last week that beat expectations. Group revenues rose by 13 percent and Turkish revenues were up 9 percent—not bad at all given that...Read More

Not to play on stereotypes, but if Turkcell ($TKC) were a government and not a private company, a cabal of stone-faced Turkish generals would have surrounded its headquarters with tanks months ago and forcibly taken over its board of directors. And if they had, you could bet that the share price would have enjoyed a...Read More

It’s a peculiar sort of problem when your economy grows at 8.1% in the first quarter and yet talk abounds of a “hardRead More

Charles Sizemore, the winner of InvestorPlace’s “10 Stocks for 2011” contest, offers his favorite stock for 2012.  Read about Charles’ pick and the other contestants below. Wondering what the best stocks to buy for next year are? Well, look no further than the 10 Best Stocks for 2012. This InvestorPlace feature lists 10 long-term investments...Read More