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Newsmakers : Mantega in the Hot Seat
Brazil Guido Mantega: Reassuring investors Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega, sworn in on March 28, is sitting firmly on the...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Foreign firms take up slack in us market
Corporate Debt New issuance of high-yield debt in the US corporate market fell sharply in February to about $4.8 billion...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Mexican Airport Operator Raises $1 Billion In IPO
GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, or GAP, Mexicos largest airport operator, raised $1 billion in the countrys largest privatization...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Shift in Japan’s monetary policy threatens to reduce the appeal of lucrative yen “Carry trade”
Foreign exchange The logic couldnt be simpler. An investor borrows Japanese yen at a low interest rate and invests the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Telecom, Energy Deals Keep M&A Boom Going
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Even before AT&T; announced plans last month to buy BellSouth for $67 billion in stock, the pace...
News
Cover Story : Big, Beautiful Or Both?
Opportunities and pitfalls abound for the Western banks rushing to build a presence in the Chinese banking market. There is...
News
Editor’s Letter : Don’t look, Leap!
Readers might be left with the impression that Western banks are being a little hasty in their headlong rush to gain a slice of the Chinese banking market...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : China proposes to close income gap
China Chinas premier, Wen Jiabao The annual meeting of the National Peoples Congress (NPC) convened on March 5 with rural...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Early warning on high-yield debt
News With the 1997 Asian financial crisis a receding memory, lower-rated companies in the region are successfully issuing growing amounts...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : FDI inflows hit record levels
INDIA The Indian government has been quietly liberalizing foreign direct investment rules to the point that most of the restrictions...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Grocer struggles with deflation
Company to watch: CBD/Brazil So Paulo-based Companhia Brasileira de Distribuico, or CBD, Brazils largest retailer, is shifting its emphasis away...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Inflation may trigger political fallout
RUSSIA Finance minister Alexei Kudrin New government-owned oil major Rosneft, which vaulted into the top tier of Russian oil companies...