Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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....
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Mergers & Acquisitions
THE AMERICAS Devon Energy Moves Into Deeper Water Oklahoma City, Okla-homa-based Devon Energy agreed to merge with Ocean Energy of...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Wireless Technology Provider Tries To Forge New Market
UNITED STATES The global slowdown has helped us. Carriers are used to buying from providers that cost five times more....
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Bidders Queuing Up For British Grocer
EUROPE William Morrison Supermarkets touched off a bidding war for rival British supermarket chain Safeway with an offer valued at...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Cash-Laden Insurers Reaching for Yield
THE AMERICAS The US corporate bond market rallied strongly in the early weeks of 2003, with lower-rated bonds outperforming higherrated...