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Milestones: Kraft-Cadbury Hookup Helps Define New World Of M&A

United States/United Kingdom By Gordon Platt A sweet deal: Kraft swallows Cadbury after a long battle US-based Kraft Foods’ $19.7 billion takeover of British chocolate maker Cadbury last month will create the world’s largest candy company. The deal ...

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Newsmakers: EU Takes Gloomy View On Growth

Europe By Justin Keay Torres: Green and digital technologies may fill growth gap With the most serious global recession since the 1930s slowly coming to an end, European policymakers are now focusing on the post-crisis landscape. The view ...

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Newsmakers: Europe Lags Behind In IPO Market Recovery

Europe By Laurence Neville Drying up? Investors may shun European IPOs After months of increasing excitement among equity capital market (ECM) bankers about the prospects of a bumper first quarter of IPO issuance in Europe in 2010, events ...

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Newsmakers: Central Bank Governor Tries To Shame Bankers On Pay

United Kingdom By Gordon Platt King: Lambasting banks for their lavish bonuses After bungling his handling of the Northern Rock crisis in 2007, Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, was blamed for creating the crisis that ...

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Newsmakers: UK Regulator Lashes Out At Bankers

United Kingdom Justin Keay Turner: City of London engages in “socially useless activity” A year has passed since the near implosion of the world’s financial system, and intelligent opinion in Britain remains divided between those wanting the City ...

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WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2009

Istanbul, October 6th, 2009 – Global Finance magazine hosted its thirteenth annual Best Bank Awards ceremony on October 6th, 2009,...

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Features: Country Report-Spain

A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD Spain’s banks and savings institutions are still reeling from the collapse of the country’s housing market. By Antonio Guerrero With Spain experiencing its deepest recession in 60 years, its banking sector stands at ...

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WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2009

With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance magazine publishes in the October 2009 issue its...

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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BANKS 2008

Rank Name Country Fiscal Year Total Assets ($b) 1 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom 12/2007 3,807 2 Deutsche...

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BEST INTERNET BANKS IN EUROPE 2009

NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition...

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Features: Country Report – Portugal

LESS PAIN, MORE GAIN Portugal's pre-credit crunch party was not as wild as that of many other countries, and its hangover should be much less severe as a result. By Adam Rombel You do not have to ...

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Features : Turbulent Times

T URBULENT TIMES Despite global economic challenges, Greece presents investors with opportunities. By Adam Rombel Things are bad everywhere, but they are not as bad here. That sums up the plight of the economy and business climate ...