News
Newsmakers : Is Greenspan Heading For His Second Bush Showdown?
UNITED STATES Greenspan promised to be patient. But his patience run out at a bad time for President Bush. Alan...
News
Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.
Click Here
News
Editor’s Letter : Robbing Peter to Pay … Peter?
It comes as welcome news that US lawmakers are renewing their efforts to crack down on corporate tax evasion..
News
Features : Corporates Find a New Home
Treasurers are rapidly realizing the benefits of storing surplus cash in money market funds. To do it well you need...
News
Features : Power Plays
After the summers rash of widespread electricity outages, companies are looking to manage their energy risk. Derivatives may provide an...
News
Features : Total Rebuild: Reconstructing Iraq’s Banking System Starts from Scratch
Before Iraqs economy can even begin to recover from the war, its banking system The ruins in Baghdad of the...
News
Milestones : Congress Takes Aim At Corporate Tax Cheats
UNITED STATES Frustrated by an Internal Revenue Service that cannot seem to catch corporate tax evaders and that fails to...
News
Milestones : Islamic Bond Market Coming Of Age
QATAR The Middle Eastern nation of Qatar sold the biggest-ever Islamic bond in October, a $700 million, seven-year global offering...
News
Milestones : Not All Convinced By Russia’s Investment-grade Status
RUSSIA Russia has long been a destination for more adventurous investors, but at the beginning of last month it finally...
News
Milestones : Will Statistical Fog Ground Bank Of England?
UNITED KINGDOM It is worth asking whether the statistical fog enveloping the UK economy foreshadows stormy economic weather. Mervyn King,...
News
Newsmakers : Markets Can’t Seem To Catch Snow’s Drift
UNITED STATES US treasury secretary John Snow stumbled into a storm in late October after suggesting to a British newspaper...
News
Newsmakers : Mexican Billionaire Goes On Telephony Shopping Spree
MEXICO Despite a strong recovery in Latin American stocks this year, the regions stock valuations remain cheap by international standards....
News
Newsmakers : New York Detective Puts The Boot In With Barclays
UNITED STATES Retired New York City police detective Jon Kanovsky says he felt helpless and hopeless after his friend New...