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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : China’s Baidu.Com Tops Dr Trading Activity In 2007

Dr News Beijing-based Baidu.com, China’s leading Internet search provider, was the most actively traded depositary receipt in the world last year, according to The Bank of New York Mellon’s annual year-end report on the DR industry. In ...

Country Report

Features : Country Report: Iceland

EXPANDING HORIZONS ICELAND Iceland is going all out to expand its economy—and the global reach of its banks and corporations. With a wealthy consumer base that has the sixth-highest per capita GDP in the OECD, 0.8% unemployment, negligible ...

News

Features : Buyout Or Sellout?

FOCUS / CANADA FOR SALE The buyout boom of Canadian companies is stirring intense controversy and throwing a harsh spotlight on the role of corporate executives. As the selloff of Canada’s biggest and best-known companies reaches record levels, ...

Country Report

Features : Growth Pains

COUNTRY REPORT / CHINA China’s continuing economic expansion may be a bumpy ride, but the country’s prospects still look remarkably good. Reach for the skies: China’s newfound wealth is reflected in its grand plans for Shanghai and ...

Banking

Features : Shariah-Compliant Corporate Finance Forges Ahead

ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANKING Investor demand, banks’ creativity and deep pools of liquidity in the Middle East are driving strong growth in the development of Islamic investment banking products. Hassoune:“Investors and entrepreneurs must hare the risks and rewards of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Us exchanges maintain lead in dr trading

Dr news American and global depositary receipt trading was easily at an all-time high in the first half of 2007 and was higher than every full-year total since 2006, according to The Bank of New York Mellon. The ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Chinas Solar-energy Ipos Getting Bigger

Global equity/drs China-based manufacturers of products that convert the sun’s rays to electricity are raising growing sums of money on Wall Street to expand their production facilities to meet expanding demand for alternative energy in the face of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

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Emerging Markets : China’s Baidu.Com Tops Dr Trading Activity In 2007

Features : Country Report: Iceland

Features : Buyout Or Sellout?

Features : Growth Pains

Features : Shariah-Compliant Corporate Finance Forges Ahead

Emerging Markets : Us exchanges maintain lead in dr trading

Corporate Finance : Chinas Solar-energy Ipos Getting Bigger

Emerging Markets : Telecom Places $1 Billion Order

Features : The Bank of New York

Features : At A Crossroads

Corporate Finance : Depositary Receipts Set Record For IPOs

Milestones : Ruble Becomes Full Settlement Currency