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Features : World’s Best Trade Finance Banks 2005
Global Finance selects the leaders in a specialized area of finance that is benefiting from a surge in global trade....
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Milestones : Qatar Gas Project Pushes Bounds Of Project Finance
Qatar/United Kingdom Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil secured funding in December for the $12 billion Qatargas II project, which will supply...
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Milestones : Winds Of Change Blow Through Us Power Industry
United States AES, a leading global power company based in Arlington, Virginia, agreed in January to acquire SeaWest Holdings, a...
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Newsmakers : Qaddafi Finds Virtue Has Its Cash Rewards
Libya Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, Libyas flamboyant leader since a 1969 coup, did his country a big favor when he came...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Foreign Exchange
Analysts Expect Dollar Dj vu: More Losses The outlook for the dollar in 2005 depends on a host of factors,...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Global Equity/drs
China Netcoms IPO Raises $1.2 Billion China Netcom, Chinas second-biggest fixed-line phone company, raised $1.2 billion in an initial public...
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Milestones : Ford and General Motors Battle to Keep Investment-Grade Ratings in 2005
United States Ford Motor and General Motors are worried about their rollover and crash-test ratings. Not the ratings on their...
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Newsmakers : China’s Currency Chief Feels the Heat as US Trade Gap Widens
China Guo Shuqing, deputy governor of the Peoples Bank of China, says that a huge balance-of-payments surplus is not a...
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Newsmakers : The John and Alan Show Keeps Running for Another Season
United States John Snow as Treasury secretary and Alan Greenspan as the unflappable Federal Reserve chairman make a perfect double...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Cross-Border Mergers Show Rising Trend As Global Economy Expands
FOCUS There has been a noticeable pick-up in cross-border mergers and acquisitions in recent months that could signal the beginning...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Dollar Continues to Sink On Good News and Bad
The dollar fell to an all-time low against the euro in November, even as the US employment picture improved and...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Ford’s Euro Benchmark Bond Issue Sputters
Ford Motors first eurodenominated benchmark bond issue of 2004 rolled across the finish line in somewhat dented shape last month....