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Expert: Flawed corporate watchdog methods helped fuel economic crisis

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created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Archaic corporate governing systems that failed to ferret out risky business deals helped stoke the nation's deepest financial meltdown since the Great Depression, a University of Illinois business law expert says.





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Firm location determines equity issuance

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created Jun 24, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

[B]Seasoned equity offerings less common for rural firms[/B] A new study in the journal Financial Management reveals that firms in rural areas are less likely to issue equity than firms in urban areas. In addition, rural firm ...


The future of private equity

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...


Green firms rewarded by financial markets

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created May 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

When a company improves its environmental performance, it is common to think that the accompanying economic improvements are based on the company's more efficient use of resources. However,


Financial restructuring in fresh-start chapter 11 reorganizations

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The effectiveness of the existing bankruptcy code has long been a source of vigorous debate. More and more lately, high-profile firms like General Motors, Enron, and K-Mart are seeking protection from creditors through Chapter ...


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Private equity firms win battle for bankrupt Polaroid

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bankrupt Polaroid Corp. has been bought by a pair of private equity firms after a judge threw out the acquisition of the iconic inventor of instant photography by another investor.


How Chinese firms benefit from the diversity of foreign direct investment

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business shows that the diversity of foreign invested firms' national origin helps businesses in China benefit from foreign direct investment (FDI).


Entrepreneurs face venture capital funding drought

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The number of US venture capital firms that raised new investment money sank to a 15-year low in the last fiscal quarter as a drought of funding threatened innovation around the world.


Uncertain climate regulations -- why corporations still invest

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firms and corporations frequently need to take investment decisions without knowing if future regulation will support or threaten their investment. This is especially true in energy intensive industries that face high uncertainty ...


The board of India's Satyam Computer Services met to review a list of bidders

Third bidder joins race for Satyam

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created Mar 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The board of India's Satyam Computer Services met Saturday to review a list of bidders for the fraud-hit outsourcer as a third company announced it had joined the race.


Research says falls in housing and equity prices, not exchange rates help reduce US trade imbalances

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created Apr 23, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick and the European Central Bank have just published research that shows falls in US asset prices such as housing and equities have a substantially more important role for reducing US ...



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