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Newsmakers : Blood In The Aisles
THE NETHERLANDS When Icarus flew too close to the sun and melted the wax on his artificial wings, he plummeted...
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Newsmakers : Fridman’s New Frontier
“As businessmen we are pretty young, and so we havent many traditions of corporate behavior as a country. RUSSIA Mikhail...
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Newsmakers : From Bank To Hedge
UNITED KINGDOM Sushil Wadhwani As a member of the Bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from 1999 until last...
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Milestones : Bet Your Hedges
EUROPE To hedge or not to hedge has always been a vexing question for corporate treasurers, but recently its got...
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Milestones : Italy Receives S&p Warning
ITALY Its a sharp shot across the bows, and its unlikely to be the last we hear of it this...
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Milestones : Lack Of Air Cover
EUROPE Europes airline companies have fallen off the radar screens of analysts at US investment bank Lehman Brothers. The banks...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : ADR Trading Volume Up, Despite Weak Markets
THE AMERICAS Trading of American depositary receipts rose 6.8% in volume terms in 2002 to 28 billion shares, according to...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Dollar Expected To Fall, But Not To Collapse
THE AMERICAS The US dollar fell 9.2% on a trade-weighted basis in 2002, and analysts predict further losses for the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Europe Passes US In Value of Deals
EUROPE For the first time in 11 years, the value of European corporate takeovers in 2002 was greater than the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Trend Micro Adapts To Meet Evolving Security Threats
JAPAN If youre a corporate IT security manager on the frontlines of keeping your company safe from hacker attacks, youve...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : US Corporate Volume Slumped 28% in 2002
THE AMERICAS US corporate bond issuance in 2002 fell 28% to $465 billion, according to analysts at Dealogic in New...
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Cover Story : A Tangled Debate
Public Private Partnerships are sweeping the globe, but in the country where they have been most used PPPs remain deeply...