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Corporate Finance : Reynolds American Borrows For Takeover

Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Reynolds American, the parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, borrowed $1.65 billion in the high-yield debt market...

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Corporate Finance : Will Henry Paulson talk the dollar up?

US treasury secretaries with a Wall Street background have tended to preside over a strong dollar, in stated policy and...

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Corporate Finance : Bank of China’s ipo attracts big demand

State-controlled Bank of China, the countrys second-largest lender, plans to list its shares in Hong Kong on June 1 in...

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Corporate Finance : European Companies Merge at Record Pace

Europes utilities, phone companies and banks are increasingly finding themselves to be the targets of takeovers, with mergers and acquisitions...

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Corporate Finance : Fed’s Shift From Automatic To Neutral Leaves Next Move Up In The Air, Analysts Say

When the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concludes its next meeting on June 29, it could raise interest rates for...

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Corporate Finance : Us treasury needs China to buy bonds

The US Treasury let China off the hook on a technicality last month, saying it didnt meet the definition of...

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Corporate Finance : Equity Capital Market off to Strong Start

Global Equity/DRS Global equity and equity-related issuance rose 24% in the first quarter from the same period a year earlier,...

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Corporate Finance : Technology companies tap into bond market

Corporate Debt Cash-rich technology companies from Californias Silicon Valley, such as Cisco Systems and Oracle, are borrowing billions of dollars...

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Corporate Finance : Foreign firms take up slack in us market

Corporate Debt New issuance of high-yield debt in the US corporate market fell sharply in February to about $4.8 billion...

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Corporate Finance : Mexican Airport Operator Raises $1 Billion In IPO

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, or GAP, Mexicos largest airport operator, raised $1 billion in the countrys largest privatization...

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Corporate Finance : Shift in Japan’s monetary policy threatens to reduce the appeal of lucrative yen “Carry trade”

Foreign exchange The logic couldnt be simpler. An investor borrows Japanese yen at a low interest rate and invests the...

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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...