Reporting Archive

Paving the way

May 31, 2000

11 min read

Summer will no doubt witness the usual frenzied rush to resorts at home and abroad by German tourists, but it could also be the...

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Bond boom

May 31, 2000

By Richard Willsher

9 min read

Since January last year corporate bond issues across the globe have boomed. And as the fixed income market has grown it has...

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Torch bearers

Apr 30, 2000

By James Farr

9 min read

Scan the mainstream western media for stories about the Middle East and it's nigh on impossible to find coverage on anything but...

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Rapid reporting

Apr 30, 2000

By Jessica Freedman

10 min read

The word on the street is that companies in Europe are becoming more talkative. And not necessarily because they are being told to...

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Choice moves

Apr 30, 2000

By Neil Stewart

8 min read

Bill Coote saw the selection of a specialist as a very serious step. 'It's like a marriage,' he proposes. 'Once you make a...

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Recharging Canada

Apr 30, 2000

By David Anson

8 min read

The deregulation of the electricity industry worldwide is the largest ever, announces Sam Kanes, senior analyst with Scotia...

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Talking bull

Apr 30, 2000

By Neil Gibbons

10 min read

Rumor: Microsoft is about to issue a colossal profits warning. It's looking at worldwide quarterly revenues of just $100,000. And...

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Plain talk

Mar 31, 2000

By Ian Williams

8 min read

IR practitioners always invoke transparency. But how transparent can you be when your attorneys and accountants fill your annual...

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Feeding the five thousand

Mar 31, 2000

By Neil Gibbons

6 min read

Constructing annual reports should be as easy as baking a cake. Get the trusty ingredients of accounting detail, a chairman's...

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Clock watching

Mar 31, 2000

By Andrew Frost

8 min read

You check your watch. The CEO is coming down the corridor to your office. The CFO is on the phone. A sell-side analyst has e...