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Features : Online Business Invoicing Gathers Pace
Offerings get more sophisticated and better integrated with financing. The much-anticipated world of business presenting and viewing invoices online and...
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Features : The Russian Roller
The climate for investment in Russia has cooled since the Kremlin began an offensive on the countrys leading oligarch. But...
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Features : To Bail or Not To Bail
Managers of corporate 401(k) plans invested in US mutual funds have been closely watching the emerging scandals. Corporate financial executives...
Special Section
Features : When Doing The Right Thing Provides A Pay-off
The corporate world is still searching for definitive proof that corporate responsibility paysand now the evidence is piling up. For...
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Milestones : “A currency bloc including Japan and China could be created by the end of the decade, ultimately leading to a currency union.”
ASIA JAPAN EASING CHINA DOWN ROAD TO ASIAN CURRENCY BLOC As Japan and China increase their economic ties, currency issues...
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Newsmakers : “The Treasury and Justice Departments have fallen nearly a year behind in developing a plan to fight money laundering and terrorist financing.”
SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, UNITED STATES LOSING THE WAR ON TERRORIST FINANCING Bank secrecy is on the rise in Europe, while the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Bank of America Becomes Second-Biggest US Bank
Bank of America and FleetBoston Financial agreed to merge in a $47 billion stock-swap deal that will create the second-...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Companies Lock in Rates As US Economy Surges
THE AMERICAS US corporations are prepaying outstanding bonds and locking in current low interest rates amid signs of strength in...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Taiwan Flat-Screen Maker Raises $573 Million in GDRs
ASIA Taiwan-based Chi Mei Optoelectronics, which produces thin-film transistor, or TFT, liquid crystal displays for flat-screen computers, cell phones and...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Will Stronger US Economy Act as Parachute for Dollar?
THE AMERICAS The US dollars headlong plunge has suddenly slowed dramatically in response to better-thanexpected reports on the economy, including...
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Cover Story : How Low Can You Go?
As regulators and tax collection authorities clamp down on corporate and individual tax abuse, business leaders are finding it harder...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter : Donaldson’s SEC: No Bark, No Bite
Much has been said about the failure of the Securities and Exchange Commissionand its chairman William Donaldson in particularto effectively regulate the US financial services industry...