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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Etihad Atheeb Ipo Ends Long Saudi Drought

Global Equity /drs Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication, one of three new fixed-line operators in Saudi Arabia, broke the long drought in initial public offerings in the kingdom, with an IPO for 30% of its capital. The $80 million public offering, completed ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Feds Easing Policies Beginning To Work

Corporate Debt Corporate debt markets in the United States have begun to function more normally, and the money supply is expanding rapidly, showing that the Federal Reserve’s credit-easing policies may be working, analysts say. The Barclays Capital ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Foreign Exchange

DOLLAR STAYS STRONG, BUT YEN TUMBLES The US dollar index, a measure of the value of the dollar against a basket of currencies, rose to a three-year high in March, as investors continued to seek the safe haven of US ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Global Equity/DRs

<p>NYSE LISTS CARBON ALLOWANCES FUND The calendar of planned initial public offerings in the US was bone dry last month, and the only issue of size on the international horizon was a scheduled $1 billion preferred securities offering ...</p>

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Mergers & Acquisitions

DRUG MERGERS EASE M&A; DROUGHT The need for bigger drug-development pipelines and more diversified businesses with greater geographic reach is fueling a wave of mergers in the pharmaceutical industry that is providing investment bankers with some much-needed underwriting fees. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Pfizer-wyeth Merger May Set Off A Wave Of Consolidation

Mergers & Acquisitions The credit crunch has not put an end to major acquisitions by well-run companies that have a compelling strategic plan and a pile of cash. New York-based Pfizer, the world’s biggest drug maker, agreed ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cover Story : The Party’s Over

LATIN AMERICA Once considered relatively immune to the global economic slump, Latin America is facing hard times as commodity prices crumble, trade dwindles and Venezuela’s oil-funded regional largess begins to dry up. On a roller coaster ride: Wild ...

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Editor’s Letter : Value Judgment

There is no doubt that the people entrusted to find the solutions to the worlds economic and financial problems have been fighting valiantly both to contain the crisis and to solve the underlying problems...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Africa

Zimbabwe has abandoned its "worthless" currency in favor of other currencies such as the US dollar. After years of trying to defend its near-worthless currency, the Zimbabwean government has abandoned foreign exchange and price controls. Zimbabweans will now be allowed ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Brazil

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras will use debt issuance to finance new offshore exploration. The Petrobras state-controlled oil company sold $1.5 billion of 10-year bonds on international markets in February. The deal, which carries a 7.875% coupon, was managed by HSBC, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : China

As economic growth tails off, China's unemployment level is rising sharply. China’s economic growth is tailing off as feared. Although annual growth in 2008 was 9%, fourth-quarter growth slowed to a seven-year low of 6.9% year-on-year, according to preliminary estimates ...

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Emerging Markets : China’s Premier puts the US on notice

<p>Wen Jiabao:May be preparing ground for major policy shift Wen Jiabao, China’s premier, has had a lot to say about US treasury bonds and the relative value of the yuan lately. Perhaps he misses his strategic economic dialogue with former ...</p>