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Boehner Blinks In Budget Showdown With Obama

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner told his fellow Republicans to prepare for a government shutdown last month, as the standoff with Democrats on the budget came down to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Iron-Ore Miner Profits From Rising Steel Demand

COMPANY TO WATCH: VALE/BRAZIL By Gordon Platt Rio de Janeiro–based mining company Vale, the world’s largest producer of iron ore, is profiting from growing demand for steel as the global economy recovers.The company’s earnings rose 222% last year ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Debt: High-Yield Issues Break Record

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS:CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt High-Yield Debt Issues Break Record Source: KDP Investment Advisors Corporations worldwide issued more high-yield debt in the first quarter of this year than in any opening quarter since records began ...

Features

DR News: First Vietnam-Based Company Lists GDRs In London

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Hoang Anh Gia Lai, a conglomerate with interests in real estate and rubber plantations, has become the first Vietnam-based company to list global depositary receipts (GDRs) on the London Stock ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: China, Russia Lead Capital Raising

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt China And Russia To Lead Capital Raising Using Depositary Receipts Companies based in Russia and China are extremely interested in listing overseas and probably will be the biggest issuers ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM: Russia Bucks Trend Of Equity Outflows

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Higher oil prices, and the fact that Russia is the world’s largest oil producer outside the turbulent Middle East and North Africa region, have kept fresh money flowing into Russian equity ...

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FSA Plans To Go Out With A Bang

MILESTONES: UNITED KINGDOM By Anita Hawser Before the 2008 financial crisis ripped through the world’s markets, the UK’s Financial Services Authority was renowned for its light-touch approach to regulation. Davies, RPC: Big jump in FSA fines In ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: USD Weakens As Eurozone Rates Rise

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWSFOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt Dollar Weakens As Eurozone Rates Are First To Rise Differing monetary policy reactions to the rise in oil prices are driving currency values at the moment, while gains in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Deals Accelerated in First Quarter

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Mergers and acquisitions rebounded in 2010, and the momentum appears to be carrying over into this year. The first three months of 2011 constituted the strongest quarter for ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Medvedev Launches Drive To Improve Investment Climate

MILESTONES : RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan The much-maligned Russian investment environment may actually be on the verge of real improvement — if president Dmitry Medvedev has his way. Medvedev promises improvements in the business climate In late ...

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New Leaders Face Tricky Economic Balancing Act

MILESTONES: CANADA By Erik Heinrich As Canada heads early this month into its fourth federal election in seven years, policymakers are facing serious questions over the prospects for the country’s economy. Canada slows spending The Bank of ...

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Portugal’s Leaders Left With Few Option

MILESTONES : PORTUGAL By Anita Hawser Sovereign debt in the eurozone is back in the headlines again, with Portugal going cap in hand to the European Union and asking for an emergency bailout. Debt burden leaves little ...