Global Business & Emerging Markets

Black swans are swimming in unison.

Amid a series of calamitous events, risk managers name their top worries for 2011.

Companies still reluctant to adopt SEPA, Europe's cross-border payment scheme.

U.S companies that source products in China are looking for ways to cope with higher production costs.

Healthy GDP growth and an expanding, highly educated middle class draw multinationals to India, despite obstacles like currency convertibility, rising inflation and red tape.

The uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia signal that companies need to stay alert to the kinds of events that could challenge them globally.

As the liquidity crisis fades, companies are leveraging the latest technology to push treasury's semi-automated processes to straight-through status.

Currency controls, rising costs complicate the challenge