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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...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

News With the 1997 Asian financial crisis a receding memory, lower-rated companies in the region are successfully issuing growing amounts...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

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

DR NEWS South Koreas largest department store chain, Lotte Shopping, raised $3.5 billion in its February initial public offering, including...

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Snow: Apparently unconcerned The recycling of windfall OPEC petrodollars into the US bond market is no longer a sure bet,...

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UNITED STATES The dollar weakened, especially against the euro, after the US Treasury reported on March 15 that net capital...

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UNITED KINGDOM Arun Sarin Embattled CEOs of the world must have been pleased last month when one of their own,...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Debt The recent increase in worldwide mergers and acquisitions is resulting in a rise in large corporate bond issues...

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Costelloe says CEOs should be paid for performance Change-of-control agreements didnt go away during the lull in M&A;, says Friske...

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Delves questions if big payouts are necessary. According to Delves, the reason most often given by corporate boards for approving...

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While executive compensation and golden handshakes are smaller in Europe than in the US, they have been making headlines in...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Dr News Foreign companies that list their shares on US as well as domestic exchanges, known as cross-listing, enjoy sustained...