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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Japanese Steelmakers Merge

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest steelmaker, is acquiring rival Sumitomo Metal Industries to create the world’s second largest steel producer, at a time when global competition in the steel industry ...

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Report And Awards: The Stars Of China

YIN AND YANG By Thomas Clouse China continues to sidestep major global economic woes, with its growth rate expected to hover close to 10%. However, the country faces its own unique set of challenges in effectively securing continued ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Mining

GO WITH GOLD By Michael Shari Runaway gold prices are empowering mining companies to finance themselves—and forcing banks to innovate, providing opportunities for investors that are willing to take on more complex risk. Kinross Gold has sworn off ...

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The Stars Of China: Banks

By Thomas Clouse BANKS BEST CITY COMMERCIAL Bank of Jiangsu Bank of Jiangsu is reportedly awaiting regulatory approval for its much-anticipated IPO, but the Nanjing-based lender has not let the wait impede its efforts to add innovative products and services. ...

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The Stars Of China: Companies

By Thomas Clouse COMPANIES AUTOMOBILES Chery International After years of torrid growth, China’s automobile market slowed significantly this year, with light vehicle sales up only 5% year-on-year in the first eight months, according to figures from J.D. Power. Chery International, ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Who Will Save The Global Economy?

COVER STORY: STAYING AFLOAT By Laurence Neville With emerging markets economies just holding their own in the face of the crises in the developed world, they are unlikely to be able to pull the world out of the ...

Banking

Buffett’s Vote Of Confidence In Bank of America

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was soaking in the tub when he came up with the idea of investing $5 billion in Bank of America. Buffett banks on domestic investments The Berkshire Hathaway ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: Asia

ASIA Australia Glenn Stevens Grade: A Glenn Stevens, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, has a steady hand and clear policy views when it comes to making monetary decisions at the RBA. At its meeting in August, the ...

Country Report

Country Report: Taiwan

THE TIES THAT BIND By Gordon Platt Taiwan is expanding its ties to mainland China, boosting its own economic prowess. Taiwan’s economic ties to China are likely to continue to expand and deepen, no matter the outcome ...

News

Denmark Extends Claim In Arctic Seabed

MILESTONES: ARCTIC By Paula L. Green The Danish government is embarking on a precarious high-wire act as it presents an Arctic seabed claim to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. Danish Arctic claims clash with ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: Taiwan’s China Steel GDR Raises $751 Million

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt China Steel, Taiwan’s biggest steelmaker, raised $751 million in a follow-on offering of global depositary receipts (GDRs). The issue was the largest equity offering by a Taiwanese company in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Market Volatility Hinders IPOs

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The recent volatility in global equity markets and the heightened uncertainty around the global economic outlook forced a virtual shutdown of the market for initial public offerings in early August, just ...