Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Global Depositary Receipts
EUROPE Six Continents Split-Up Creates Two New ADRs Two new American depositary receipt programs were created in April as a...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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....