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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Hunt Continues For Way To End Credit Crunch

CORPORATE DEBT More than a year after the credit crunch burst onto the global stage, regulators and banks are still searching for a way to end the crisis, which appears to be morphing into a chronic condition. The ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Sustainable Progress

<p>LESSONS FROM EUROPE Corporate comprehension of the benefits of going green is far more advanced in Europe than in the US. But America’s businesses could easily catch up. Stark differences: Europe and the US have taken very different ...</p>

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: Green Finance

GREEN FINANCE Despite the drumbeat of headlines about the troubled banking and finance industries, one area is coming up green. With global financial markets languishing in the doldrums, “green financing” is emerging as a key lever ...

News

Editor’s Letter : Return of the old world order

Barely more than a year ago, when the world was still awash with cheap money, it seemed as if globalization had hit a sweet spot...

Banking

Emerging Markets : Banks Seek Growth After Profits Slide

BRAZIL Digging in: Brazilian miner Vale is investing heavily. After several years of steady profit growth, Brazil’s banking sector reported a slowdown in second-quarter 2008. Bradesco, Brazil’s largest non-state bank by assets, posted a 13% drop in second-quarter ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : China In Olympian Bid For Global Respect

China opened the 29th Olympic Summer Games in Beijing on August 8 with a ceremony incorporating 15,000 performers and 29,000 fireworks shells and attended by US president George Bush, French president Nicolas Sarkozy and other world leaders. China spent a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Communist Parties Give Economic Reforms A Boost

INDIA Manmohan Singh: Has more scope to enact reforms. India’s ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by Manmohan Singh, survived a vote of no confidence in late July after the three communist parties in parliament said ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Dongfeng Motor

CHINA’S AUTO MARKET REMAINS IN FAST LANE COMPANY TO WATCH China’s love affair with the automobile shows no sign of cooling. The world’s most populous country is also the fastest-growing new-car market, with sales increasing at a rate ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : FTSE Indexes Add Frontier Markets

NEWS FTSE Group has extended its Global Equity Index Series to include 23 frontier markets, including such countries as Bangladesh, Botswana, Tunisia and Vietnam. “Frontier equity markets today represent more than $1 trillion in capitalization and are becoming ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

News & Features Archive

Corporate Finance : Hunt Continues For Way To End Credit Crunch

Cover Story : Sustainable Progress

Cover Story: Green Finance

Editor’s Letter : Return of the old world order

Emerging Markets : Banks Seek Growth After Profits Slide

Emerging Markets : China In Olympian Bid For Global Respect

Emerging Markets : Communist Parties Give Economic Reforms A Boost

Emerging Markets : Dongfeng Motor

Emerging Markets : FTSE Indexes Add Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : GE And Abu Dhabi Form $8 Billion Joint Venture

Emerging Markets : IPO Capital Raised Using DRs Plummets In First Half

Emerging Markets : Putin’s Comments Unnerve Investors