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Milestones : Ubs Combines Its Forces

SWITZERLAND Is this, finally, the future of private banking? UBS, the Swiss bank that runs the worlds leading private banking...

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JAPAN Toshihiko Fukui Call it the revenge of the old guard. The late February nomination of Toshihiko Fukui as the...

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THE NETHERLANDS When Icarus flew too close to the sun and melted the wax on his artificial wings, he plummeted...

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“As businessmen we are pretty young, and so we havent many traditions of corporate behavior as a country. RUSSIA Mikhail...

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UNITED KINGDOM Sushil Wadhwani As a member of the Bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from 1999 until last...

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EUROPE To hedge or not to hedge has always been a vexing question for corporate treasurers, but recently its got...

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ITALY Its a sharp shot across the bows, and its unlikely to be the last we hear of it this...

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EUROPE Europes airline companies have fallen off the radar screens of analysts at US investment bank Lehman Brothers. The banks...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

THE AMERICAS Trading of American depositary receipts rose 6.8% in volume terms in 2002 to 28 billion shares, according to...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

THE AMERICAS The US dollar fell 9.2% on a trade-weighted basis in 2002, and analysts predict further losses for the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EUROPE For the first time in 11 years, the value of European corporate takeovers in 2002 was greater than the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

JAPAN If youre a corporate IT security manager on the frontlines of keeping your company safe from hacker attacks, youve...