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Newsmakers : Paulson Bangs Gong Gently
UNITED STATES/CHINA Shaking the hand that feeds: Paulson meets Chinese premier Wen Jiabao As the year drew to a close,...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Central Banks Still Shifting From Dollar
Foreign Exchange A growing number of central banks are diversifying their foreign currency reserves away from the dollar and into...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : High-yield Debt Sets Global Record In 2006
Corporate Debt A global wave of leveraged buyouts, which are financed with large amounts of high-yield bonds, is pushing the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Hostile Takeovers Flare Up In Europe
Mergers & Acquisitions Announced hostile mergers and acquisitions of companies based in Europe in the first 10 months of this...
News
Cover Story : The Backdating Game
Options backdating Already a handful of corporate heads have rolled as a result of the options backdating scandal. If regulators...
News
Editor’s Letter : Limited Options
It may not have developed into the corporate bloodbath that many were expecting, but the stock options backdating scandal has taken a heavy toll on US business...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Consumer Stocks Often Overlooked
News Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Bernstein is bullish on consumer stocks in emerging markets. One of the prime rules of...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Government Gets Tough On Investors
China China registered a record high trade surplus of $23.8 billion in October, surpassing most analysts predictions and intensifying pressure...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : High-flying Insurer To Issue New Shares
Company To Watch: China Life Insurance/china China Life Insurance, which accounts for nearly half of the life-insurance market in China,...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Investors Show Continued Confidence In Russian Market
Russia Putin: Due to step down in 2008 Russia will likely take a big step closer to finally joining the...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Kazakhstan’s Largest Ipo Raises $2 Billion
Dr News KazMunaiGas Exploration Production, a subsidiary of the Kazakh state oil and gas company, raised $2.03 billion in the...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Lula Faces Challenging Second Term
Brazil A jubilant President Lula As Brazilian president Luiz Inio Lula da Silva begins his second term in office on...