Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Dollar Rallies On Improving US Economy
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The dollar strengthened following a surprisingly strong US employment report for April,...
North America
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Banking
Newsmakers: New Bank Of Canada Governor Has Big Shoes To Fill
NEWSMAKERS: CANADA By Joel Kranc Few people were completely surprised when Mark Carney, the head of the Bank of Canada, broke the news earlier this year that he was leaving his post to head up the Bank of England. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: NYSE, Mexican Exchange Top IPO Charts
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The New York Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange were the top exchanges for initial public offerings in the first quarter, according to research firm Renaissance Capital. The once-sleepy ...
News
Newsmakers: Dell Refocuses After Losing Its Tech-Innovator Luster
NEWSMAKERS: US By Udayan Gupta For Michael Dell, the University of Texas dropout who created one of the most successful PC businesses in the world, the past few months have brought high drama. Michael Dell: Caught in ...
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World’s Best Banks 2013: North America
By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt RECORD EARNINGS FOR CANADIAN BANKS Canadian banks have continued to report record earnings, despite a slowdown in the Canadian economy, surprising most analysts. Plus, they have avoided many of the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil
BUYING SPREE TO CONTINUE FOR ICONIC US BRANDS By Antonio Guerrero Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann of 3G Capital continued his buying spree of major US consumer brands, this time joining forces with Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett in a ...
Banking
Milestones: Supreme Court Caps Time For SEC To Pursue Civil Penalties
MILESTONES: US By Forrest Jones Should the US Securities and Exchange Commission want to slap civil penalties on anyone involved in any improprieties, it had better get cracking sooner rather than later. SEC told to speed up claims against ...
News
Newsmakers: Groupon: A New Stress Test For High-Techs?
NEWSMAKERS: US By Udayan Gupta Technology companies lead a charmed life. Flawed business strategy, poor execution, inexperienced management...some technology companies seem to shrug them off and continue. The master of spin: Groupon's founder, Andrew Mason But the February ...
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Newsmaker: Heins Aims To Resurrect Moribund BlackBerry
NEWSMAKER CANADA By Gilly Wright Not one to do anything by halves, BlackBerry’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has overseen the launch of a new operating system called BlackBerry 10 and its first non-keyboard smartphone, the Z10. Heins hopes to shape ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmaker: White’s SEC Appointment Sends Mixed Message
NEWSMAKER US By Valentina Pasquali Though still bearing the scars of the recent financial crisis, the US economy is recovering, and markets are returning to levels unseen in years. White is reputed to be a tough enforcer Photo Credits: ...
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Safest Banks in North America: April 2013
GLOBAL FINANCE names the Safest Banks in North America: April 2013 NEW YORK, February 26, 2013 Global Finance magazine (GFfmag.com)...
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“Salon: Joshua Shapiro, MFR Inc “
TOUGH TIMES TO COME By Kathryn Tully Global Finance sat down with with Joshua Shapiro, chief US economist for consultancy MFR, to discuss the US economy, the fiscal “cliff” and structural problems still facing the country. Global ...