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Milestones : Bankers Add Uncertainty To Argentina Debt Restructuring
ARGENTINA There was a time when investment banks lined up to participate in emerging market debt restructurings that gained them...
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Milestones : Caspian Oil And Pipeline Projects Get The Green Light
AZERBAIJAN The International Finance Corporations board has approved investments in two related Caspian oilfield and pipeline projects costing approximately $6.8...
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Milestones : Pfandbrief To Be Strengthened By Pending Legal Changes
GERMANY Moodys Investors Service has updated its rating methodology of the Pfandbrief in anticipation of amendments to the German Mortgage...
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Newsmakers : Former Goldman Sachs Economist Pleads Guilty In Treasury-bond Case
UNITED STATES John M. Youngdahl, a former senior economist at Goldman Sachs, pleaded guilty in November to federal criminal charges,...
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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...
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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..
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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...
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Features : Power Plays
After the summers rash of widespread electricity outages, companies are looking to manage their energy risk. Derivatives may provide an...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...