Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : US Accounting Rules Trip Up Foreign Issuers
THE AMERICAS In the past two years, foreign issuers of securities have agreed to pay a total of about $700...
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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...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Global Briefing
Deal Flow Picks Up in a Market Well on the Road to Recovery Global Finance Award Winners Forecast a Continued...
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Milestones : Banks Start Cleaning Up Balance Sheets By Selling Bad Loans
CHINA A resolution will return Argentina to the financial community and cut its debt-to-GDP ratio to 90% from 150%. making...
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Milestones : Caspian Oil And Pipeline Projects Get The Green Light
AZERBAIJAN The International Finance Corporations board has approved investments in two related Caspian oilfield and pipeline projects costing approximately $6.8...
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Milestones : Pfandbrief To Be Strengthened By Pending Legal Changes
GERMANY Moodys Investors Service has updated its rating methodology of the Pfandbrief in anticipation of amendments to the German Mortgage...
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Newsmakers : Former Goldman Sachs Economist Pleads Guilty In Treasury-bond Case
UNITED STATES John M. Youngdahl, a former senior economist at Goldman Sachs, pleaded guilty in November to federal criminal charges,...