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Corporate Finance : Hong Kong’s Peg Could Come Loose

ASIA Hong Kongs budget deficit keeps getting bigger, while deflation has been consistently underestimated, analysts say. The special administrative regions...

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Corporate Finance : Low US Interest Rates Spur Dollar Bears

THE AMERICAS The US dollar plummeted to a four-year low against the euro in early May, giving foreign investors little...

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Corporate Finance : Market Extends Gains To Sixth Month in Row

THE AMERICAS US corporate bonds extended their bull-market run to a sixth consecutive month in April, with highyielding issues leading...

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Corporate Finance : Russia’s Oil Revenue Supports the Ruble

EUROPE The ruble crisis seems like a distant memory. In August 1998, the Russian central bank threw in the towel.With...

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Corporate Finance : Yukos-Sibneft Union Forms World’s No. 4 Oil Producer

RUSSIA Beating covetous Western oil interests to the prize, Russias largest oil company, Yukos, agreed to buy Sibneft, another major...

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Corporate Finance : 3DM Worldwide Issues ADRs Instead of Listing on Nasdaq

EUROPE UK-based 3DM Worldwide, which develops patents for the plastics industry and manages businesses in the Kyrgyz Republic, issued American...

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Corporate Finance : Dollar Appears Vulnerable To Weak US Economy

THE AMERICAS While war news out of Iraq was the main determinant of currency movements in April, the US dollar...

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Corporate Finance : High-Yield Funds Attracting Investors

THE AMERICAS Mutual funds that invest in high-yield bonds returned 5.4% on average in the first quarter of 2003, continuing...

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Corporate Finance : Spain’s Biggest Gas Company Seeks Largest Electric Utility

EUROPE Gas Natural, Spains biggest gas distributor, made a hostile bid for the countrys largest electric utility, Iberdrola, but the...

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Corporate Finance : Foreign Exchange

THE AMERICAS Canadian Dollar Turns Suddenly Popular Rising interest rates, solid economic growth, a big trade surplus and strong commodity...

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Corporate Finance : High-Yield Issuance Meets Strong Demand

THE AMERICAS A surge in new issuance of high-yield bonds in the US market is being met by strong demand....

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Corporate Finance : Long-Delayed Telkom IPO Finally Makes It to Market

SOUTH AFRICA Telkom, South Africas state-controlled telephone and wireless operator, listed its shares on the Johannesburg and New York stock...