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Features : The Cost of Compliance

THE COST OF COMPLIANCE TALKING POINTS / REGULATION Stung by a barrage of complaints that its businesses are over-regulated, the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Foreign Exchange A growing number of central banks are diversifying their foreign currency reserves away from the dollar and into...

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Options backdating Already a handful of corporate heads have rolled as a result of the options backdating scandal. If regulators...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Russia Putin: Due to step down in 2008 Russia will likely take a big step closer to finally joining the...

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COUNTRY REPORT / RUSSIA Both Russian and foreign-owned businesses are finding the countrys rapid economic growth is a double-edged sword....

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COUNTRY REPORT / BRAZIL As Brazils president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva embarks on his second term, investors are increasingly...

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United States Cash in hand: Clamp down on bribes The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice...

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United States In the weeks leading up to the US midterm elections this year, business interests were bemoaning their fate...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Aer Lingus, Irelands state airline, bucked worries over high fuel prices and potential terrorist threats to post an...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS A three-way merger between two Russian aluminum producers, Rusal and Sual, and the alumina assets of Swiss-based...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Capital markets are playing a growing role in development and global economic integration. When Emaar the Economic City held its...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Gordon PlattAs more countries mature and enter the global market, the balance of economic and political power is changing. Businesses...