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China Power Equipment (Stock Symbol US: CPQQ) (BEE Data Sheet) China Power Equipment passed the ISO 9001:2008 quality control system preliminary certification phase for its new production facility. The Company commenced commercial production at its new amorphous alloy step-down transformer line this past August. Previously, China Power used third party manufacturers to assemble its transformers. Now, orders that were previously subcontracted are being brought in-house and management expects to secure new orders and commence sizable production in the first half of 2012. The Company is also now purchasing amorphous alloy strips, the main raw material of its amorphous alloy cores, directly from a Chinese domestic manufacturer. Not only does this provide China Power with a consistent supplier, it has helped improve the profit margin. Together, these two trends improve the Company’s efficiency in order turnaround and product quality, which will facilitate the Company’s ability to secure larger projects. With the implementation of China's Twelfth Five-year plan, the rural grid improvement program will effectively boost the market demand for energy-efficiency products. As the leading amorphous alloy core and transformer manufacturer in the Western China, China Power Equipment is well positioned to secure new orders from the Chinese government's planned renovation and upgrade of rural power grids in both the Central and Western regions of China. Publication Date: March 1, 2012 Brazil Fast Food Corp. (Stock Symbol US: BOBS) Brazil Fast Food Corp. is the second largest fast food restaurant chain in Brazil. The company has over 846 restaurants, and operates under teh Bob's brand. The company also opearted under KFC and Pizza Hut Sao Paulo as a franchisee of Yum! Brands. It also operates as Doggis as a franchisee of Grupo de Empresas Doggis S.A. On Friday, the company's shares closed at US$11.40. The 52 week range of Brazil Fast Food Corp.'s shares is $8.03 to $16.82. The company's market capitalization is approximately $93 million. The company's revenue for the third quarter, ended September 30, 2011 was R$60.4 million, up almost 15% from the same period in 2010. The company's operating income was R$5.5 million with a net loss of R$540,000. In commenting on the financial resuilts, Ricardo Bomeny, the company's CEO and President stated, "We are pleased to report a quarter of double-digit top-line growth driven by the expansion of our Bob's franchise base and same-store sales performance and operating efficiencies at our company-owned stores. We believe that the very positive trends in revenues and operating income for the first nine months of 2011 confirm that our business is healthy and on-track." Publication Date: January 16, 2012 Jubilant Energy N.V. (Stock Symbol JUB:LN JBI:GR) Jubilant Energy N.V. is an upstream oil and gas company. Most of its assets are in the major proven hydrocarbon basins primarily in India. On January 10th the company announced that it successfully flow tested its third development well of the Phase-III drilling program in India's Kharsang Field. Drilling of the well was started on October 5, 2011 to a target depth of 1,370 meters. The company also announced that the well was put into production. For the six month period ended June 30, 2011, the last period for which the company reported results, the company's revenues increased by over 43 percent to US$8.67 million, compared to slightly in excess of $6.03 million for the first half of 2010. The company's market cap is approximately $180 million. On Friday the company's shares closed at GBP28.75p, near near the low of its 52 week range of GBP26.75p to 76.50. Publication Date: January 15, 2012 Weekly Market Update Another DOWN Week for Big Emerging Economies May 18, 2012 – BEE markets had their worst week of the year as Greek uncertainty and global spillover tainted all equity markets. Spain's IBEX rose 0.4 percent, rebounding from a nine-year low, even after Moody's Investors Service lowered debt ratings of 16 Spanish banks, confirming reports yesterday, that helped drag equities lower. Even good news was short lived. Mexico's first quarter GDP rose 4.6% well above expectations, but only stemmed the weekly loss of - 5.46% on Mexico's IPC ending the week at 36875.33. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost -8.17% finishing the week at 906.61. The gauge erased its gain so far this year as Europe's debt crisis worsened. Brazilian stocks fell Friday, capping another losing week. Brazil's Bovespa closed at 54,513.16 down -9.05%, marking a fourth consecutive week of declines. China shares ended down -5.34% at 18,951.85. The Nikkei 225 finished the week down -3.97% to close at 8611.31. The S&P/ASX 200 index was also down -5.90% to finish at 4046.46. India had, relatively speaking a good week, closing down only .95% at 6300.73 extending its weekly losses for the past three weeks. Author: Mark Lubchenco

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