Canadian Stand-off
Investors worldwide waited by their screens for the results of the Quebec referendum on separation from Canada. With holdings in...
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ESG Archive
Depositary Receipts 1996
In 1995, foreign issuers were faced with the difficult task of trying to distract US investors away from high-rolling domestic US...
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Watching Stock in Asia
Little serious effort has been made over the years to track the shareholder rolls of Asian listed equities. Emerging stock market...
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Profile: Guy Wyser-Pratte
New York arbs are assumed to be a steely breed, more concerned with the clinical pursuit of wealth than with high-minded ideology...
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Depositary Receipts Round-up: 1995 Review
According to data from Bank of New York, one of three depositaries producing comprehensive statistics, some 10 bn shares worth...
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Fighting Shy
If there's no such thing as bad publicity, why do so many people take steps to avoid it? Expensive steps at that, sometimes. Or...
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Encounters: Fashionable Discipline
Milan has always struck me as a schizophrenic city, switching its personality according to the direction from which you approach...
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Bank Gains, Job Losses
Investor relations officers are deeply caught up in the whirlwind of bank mergers that have been sweeping the US. They are in an...
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Family Fortunes
You've built it up from scratch. Years of hard work. Late nights. Stress. Tension. Now, just as the company's beginning to bear...
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The Value Thing;
Oh, it's such a confusing world. Your main competitor has been stealing a march on your firm by using some new-fangled technique...
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