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Newsmakers : Airbus Gets A Lift As New Orders Pour In

France Louis Gallois: Delivering good news Louis Gallois, president and CEO of Airbus, was all smiles at the Paris Air Show last month. Europe’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer had some good news to announce—deals worth more than $40 ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Ice Begins Clearing Credit Default Swaps As Counterparty Risk Hits Record High

CORPORATE DEBT The first central counterparty clearinghouse for credit default swaps (CDS) began operating on March 9, the same day...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Argentine Utility Lists On New York Stock Exchange

DR NEWS Edenor, a Buenos Aires-based electricity distributor, became the 12th Argentina-based company to trade on the New York Stock Exchange, following its initial public offering in the United States and Argentina. The company, also known as Distribution ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Is Private Equity Going Green?

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS An investor group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Texas Pacific Group definitively...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Walking A Tightrope

COUNTRY REPORT / THE PHILIPPINES Shrugging off political uncertainty and a rising currency, the Philippine economy is enjoying steady growth....

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Special Report : Reliance Grows On Private Sector

RELIANCE GROWS ON PRIVATE SECTOR THE MIDDLE EAST The nations of the Middle East are increasingly looking to the private...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Breaking Out

Brazilian companies, long used to concentrating on their countrys local market, are now increasingly going global. Just as the 1990s...

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Features : After the Gold Rush

Local and international banks operating in China will face increasing challenges over the coming year. The opportunities remain undiminished, though...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Getting Bullish on The Russian Bear

Wielding increasing global power, Russia could be on the verge of becoming a real partner with Europe Rich in natural...

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Features : Power Plays

After a year in which energy dominated the headlines as never before, the worlds political dynamics are now arguably more...

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Features : Saudi Arabia Leads Region’s Project Financing Boom

REGIONAL FOCUS / MIDDLE EAST New refineries and petrochemical facilities will squeeze more value out of the countrys crude oil...

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Milestones : Companies Struggle To Manage Earnings Expectations

Global Narain: Transparency needed There has always been a kind of love/hate relationship between corporates and analysts. The leading FTSE...