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- Marketing spend decline shows signs of easing
- Cutbacks in marketing may at last be bottoming out, according to a new report that shows the quarter-on-quarter decline in marketing spend was the smallest in more than a year.The IPA/BDO Bellwether survey, published on Monday, showed that spending on marketing activities by a sample of about 300 companies...
- News items 2009-10-12
- Elan dealt a blow with Biogen ruling
- Elan, the Irish domiciled pharmaceuticals company, suffered a sharp setback in its recapitalisation plans when a US judge ruledon Thursday that a planned $1.5bn deal with Johnson & Johnson violated the terms of an existing partnership with Biogen Idec.Deborah Batts, a Manhattan federal court judge, ruled that Elan had...
- External links 2009-09-03
- Yell tries to move mountain of debt
- Shares in Yell have doubled in value over the past two months as refinancing talks over the directory firm's debt load progress.But the market capitalisation of the publisher of the Yellow Pages is still dwarfed by the size of its debt mountain. At £3.8bn, Yell's net debt in July...
- External links 2009-09-03
- Koreans plan gas pipeline to China
- The Korean-led consortium developing a gas field off Burma's coast is to invest billions of dollars in a project to supply gas to China over 30 years, including a controversial plan to build a supply pipeline between the countries.Starting in 2013, the consortium will feed 500m cubic feet of...
- External links 2009-08-25
- Foreign energy groups buy into US natural gas
- A growing number of foreign energy companies eager to tap into America's vast natural gas reserves are looking to invest in independent companies, while estimates of US supplies continue to increase.BP and BG Group of the UK; StatoilHydro, the Norwegian energy company; and Eni, the Italian oil company, have...
- External links 2009-08-23
- VW seals ?3.3bn Porsche deal
- Volkswagen is to pay ?3.3bn ($4.7bn) for a 42 per cent stake in Porsche's main production division, the two German carmakers said yesterday as they thrashed out more details of a move towards a full integration.In a move that will amount to a rescue of debt-laden Porsche, VW will...
- External links 2009-08-13
- Timing Strategic Moves
- Timing is key as companies weigh whether to make strategic investments now or wait for clear signs of recovery. Scenario analysis can expose the risks of moving too quickly or slowly. It may be a nice problem to have, but even companies with healthy finances...
- Articles 2009-05-15
- Why the Crisis Hasn't Shaken the Cost of Capital
- The cost of capital hasn't increased so far in the downturn – and didn't in past recessions. The cost of capital for companies reflects the attitudes of investors toward risk—specifically, the reward they expect for taking risks. If they become more averse to risk, companies...
- Articles 2009-01-12
- Taking Improbable Events Seriously: An Interview with the Author of ‘The Black Swan'
- The author of The Black Swan explains why the rarity and unpredictability of certain events does not make them unimportant. The scholar, trader, and author Nassim Nicholas Taleb brings a decidedly contrarian view to the world of finance, statistics, and risk. In 2007, he published...
- Articles 2009-01-12
- Financial Crises, Past and Present
- Past financial crises had very different effects on the real economy. Although the lessons of the past don't give much cause for optimism, they do provide hints on how companies should prepare this time around. Financial crises occur with surprising frequency — in every decade...
- Articles 2009-01-12
- Better Communications for Better Investors: An Interview with the CFO of Gartner
- Gartner CFO Christopher Lafond discusses the company's assertive approach to managing relationships with investors In the 1990s, the market research firm Gartner was a Wall Street darling. Founded in 1979, the company had expanded during the 1980s, and by 1998 its top line was growing...
- Articles 2009-02-27
- Why cross-listing shares doesn't create value
- Companies from developed economies derive no benefit from second listings in foreign equity markets. Those that still have them should reconsider. Conventional wisdom has long held that companies cross-listing their shares on exchanges in London, Tokyo, and the United States buy access to more investors,...
- Articles 2008-12-19
- Growth and Stability in China: A Q&A with UBS's Chief Asia Economist
- Will the country's economic fortunes fade as growth elsewhere declines? Jonathan Anderson doesn't think so. Even before the financial crisis descended on Wall Street in mid-September, the persistent slowdown of Western economies had observers in developed markets increasingly worried that the malaise would inevitably...
- Articles 2008-12-12
- Disney to build China theme park
- The Chinese government has approved an application from Walt Disney to build a theme park in Shanghai, paving the way for the company to establish a foothold in mainland China.With an estimated cost of $3.5bn, the park would be one of the biggest investments in China by an international...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Yell reaches agreement on debt plan
- Yell said on Monday it would go ahead with plans for an equity rights issue to raise at least by Financial Times
- External links 2009-11-02
- Nissan to sell used electric car batteries
- Nissan Motor on Tuesday announced plans to market used lithium-ion batteries from its soon-to-launch Leaf electric car to solar-power generators and other secondary customers, the first major scheme of its kind which could bring down the high cost of owning a zero-emission vehicle.Nissan is to partner with Sumitomo Corp,...
- News items 2009-10-20
- GM in uphill battle as it plans for IPO
- General Motors is fighting a war on several fronts as it labours to sell its Opel unit in Germany, repay debts to the US government and persuade consumers to buy its cars, but it remains on track for an initial public offering in the second half of 2010.GM, which...
- External links 2009-10-19
- Deadline extension likely for Yell
- Yell is likely to require an extension on the deadline for its lenders to agree plans to restructure its by Financial Times
- External links 2009-10-18
- Goldman's private equity arm plans to invest in Geely
- A private equity unit of Goldman Sachs is poised to invest around $250m in Geely Automobile Holdings, China's largest privately-owned car maker, according to a person familiar with the matter.Goldman Sachs Capital Partners will buy convertible bonds and warrants issued by Geely's Hong Kong-listed subsidiary. People familiar with the...
- External links 2009-09-20
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- Ernst & Young Launches Ernst & Young Corporate Finance LLC; Broker Dealer to offer a Broad Range of Corporate Finance Services
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 4, 2001 In a strategic move, entering the world of corporate finance as a broker-dealer, Ernst & Young LLP today announced that it has launched Ernst & Young Corporate Finance LLC, which will provide a broad range of corporate finance services. Ernst &...
- Research articles 2001-09-04
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