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Newsmakers : Debt Default Threat Rattles Investors
ECUADOR Rafael Correa: Setting off on the wrong foot with investors As Ecuadors new political leaders take the countrys helm,...
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Newsmakers : Paulson Bangs Gong Gently
UNITED STATES/CHINA Shaking the hand that feeds: Paulson meets Chinese premier Wen Jiabao As the year drew to a close,...
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Cover Story : The Backdating Game
Options backdating Already a handful of corporate heads have rolled as a result of the options backdating scandal. If regulators...
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Editor’s Letter : Limited Options
It may not have developed into the corporate bloodbath that many were expecting, but the stock options backdating scandal has taken a heavy toll on US business...
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Features : Growing Pains
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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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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Features : The Growth Challenge
COUNTRY REPORT / BRAZIL As Brazils president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva embarks on his second term, investors are increasingly...
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Features : Transition Managers Become The Norm
Corporate toolbox / transition management The need for greater transparency and clearer profits is pushing pension funds to look for...
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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...
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Milestones : US Cracks Down On Bribes To Foreigners
United States Cash in hand: Clamp down on bribes The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice...
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Newsmakers : Businesses Cheer Democrats’ Victory
United States In the weeks leading up to the US midterm elections this year, business interests were bemoaning their fate...
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Newsmakers : El Comandante’s Comeback
Nicaragua Daniel Ortega then Former Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega, one of the most outspoken foes of the US during...