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Newsmakers : Airbus Gets A Lift As New Orders Pour In

France Louis Gallois: Delivering good news Louis Gallois, president and CEO of Airbus, was all smiles at the Paris Air Show last month. Europe’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer had some good news to announce—deals worth more than $40 ...

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Milestones : Interest Rates Hobble Spanish Businesses

SPAIN Spanish companies, which have been on a huge buying and expansion kick fueled by a strong domestic economy, face growing funding concerns as European Central Bank rate hikes look set to continue. As the economy is slowing, ...

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Features : Terrorism Insurance / Holes in the Safety Net

Despite the lessons learned in recent terror attacks, companies are still unprotected against the catastrophic losses they could face in...

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Features : Vying for a Share of the Islamic Finance Market

Players Vie for a Prime Slice of a Promising Market Global and local banks are jostling for position in a...

Banking

Features : World’s Best Internet Banks: Part One

The Worlds Best Internet Banks, 2005 In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the best online corporate...

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Newsmakers : US Company Sues European Central Bank Over Euro Notes

United States/European Union Pat White Just when currency traders thought the euro was about to get over its recent woes,...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Deal Helps Bank Austria Take Clear Lead In CEE

Mergers & Acquisitions Erich Hampel, CEO of Bank Austria Creditanstalt, writing in the banks 2004 annual report, said, In Central...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Euro’s Heightened Political Risk Does Not Detract From Success Of Single Currency, Analysts Say

Corporate Financing Focus The clear no votes in the Netherlands and France on the EU Constitution led some market participants...

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Cover Story : Living On The Edge

Just months after analysts began suggesting it could topple the dollar as the worlds favorite currency, the euro has been...

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Editor’s Letter : Continental Drift

As continental Europeans head to the coasts for their long summer holidays, they will travel through a Europe in turmoil...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Chinese Firms Embark On Shopping Spree

China Oil giant CNOOC joined the rush to snap up foreign assets Chinese companies continued to demonstrate their economic prowess...

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Features : Country Report: Turkey

Turkey Ponders Future After Euro No Votes Turkeys frantic rush to conform to European standards is faltering as the EU...