Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Weak US Jobs Data Trigger Bond Rally
THE AMERICAS Bond prices soared and yields slumped in early March, as the US employment data surprised market participants once...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : ADRs Returning to Role As Takeover Currency
THE AMERICAS The use of American depositary receipts to pay for foreign takeovers of US companies likely will increase this...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Group of 7’s Warning Fails To Support Dollar
THE AMERICAS In a move that came as a surprise to some analysts, the Group of 7 industrial nations warned...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : High-Yield Issuance May Keep Growing
THE AMERICAS While US corporate bondmarket participants expect overall issuance to decline in 2004 as interest rates go up, high-yield...
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Corporate Finance : M&A Premiums Could Rise As Banks Fight for Survival
THE AMERICAS The US banking landscape has changed significantly since last October, when Bank of America agreed to merge with...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Credit Spreads Forecast To Remain Tight in 2004
THE AMERICAS A favorable confluence of economic factors is expected to keep credit spreads tight in 2004, analysts say. Corporate...
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Corporate Finance : Dollar Declines Sharply, But Has Further to Fall
THE AMERICAS Despite expectations of strong US economic growth throughout 2004, analysts are nearly uniformly bearish on the dollar, which...
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Corporate Finance : El Paso Sells GulfTerra Stake To Lessen Hefty Debt Load
THE AMERICAS Houston-based El Paso, the leading provider of natural gas services in the US, agreed to sell its controlling...
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Corporate Finance : Improving Global Economy Draws US Investors Offshore
THE AMERICAS Improving global growth prospects and a sinking dollar are enticing US investors to ship more of their investment...
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Corporate Finance : Business Investment Boosts Debt Issuance
THE AMERICAS US corporate bond issuance is getting a lift from increasing business investment, as well as improving credit quality,...
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Corporate Finance : Dollar’s Rout Continues As Buyers Go on Strike
THE AMERICAS The US dollar gets no respect in the foreign exchange market these days, as traders hang around and...
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Corporate Finance : St. Paul, Travelers to Merge In $16 Billion Stock Deal
THE AMERICAS St. Paul Companies and Travelers Property Casualty definitively agreed to merge in a $16.1 billion stock-swap transaction that...