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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Record Bond Issuance Bolsters Cash Reserves

In addition to tapping the bond market and holding proceeds in cash, companies took other actions, including suspending dividends and ending share-repurchase programs, to conserve cash to get through the crisis.

Features

Center Of The World: Dubai World Expo

Dubai and the UAE hope the Middle East’s first world expo will provide a much-needed jolt to the local economy.

Features

One-Two Punch

Oil prices, travel and tourism are vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Aon Acquires Willis Towers In Biggest Deal Of The Year

The COVID-19 was excluded from potential triggers of a material adverse effect that could scuttle the deal.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Big Banks Reverse Course, Stop Buying Own Shares

Less buybacks means more money for lending.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Banks Bold Cuts Leave No Room For Encore

Many central banks have cut interest rates to zero or less and the crisis is just beginning.

Features

No Signs Of Slowing

Egypt’s expanding economy and population are bolstering an ambitious drive to create a more aggressive, investor-friendly economy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

French Merger Creates Payment-Services Giant

Worldline and Ingenico are coming together.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Markets Feel The Effects Of Coronavirus

The coronavirus epidemic is creating economic shockwaves.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Renminbi Rises As Trump Drops Manipulator Label

Some de-escalation in the US-China trade war.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Borden Filing Highlights Pressure On Dairy Producers

Milk producers are getting squeezed by low prices.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Chinese Companies Fill US New-Issue Pipeline

US-China tensions have not blunted American investors' enthusiasm for Chinese companies.