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Bank Gains, Job Losses

Nov 30, 1995

15 min read

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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The Rating Game

Oct 31, 1995

By Neil Stewart

8 min read

From their Wall Street bastions, US rating agencies maintain a vigil over the financial landscape, alert to the smallest change...

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Survey: Small Caps

Oct 31, 1995

By Neil Stewart

23 min read

Nor does the fact that small cap investors have mushroomed from a short list of specialist fund management firms and boutiques to...

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Foreign Hunger for Kangaroo Stakes

Oct 31, 1995

By Richard Carpenter

11 min read

It's not often that you'll find a company ordering its shareholders to sell their stock. When that company has just had leading...

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Big Gets Bigger

Oct 31, 1995

By Staff Writers

5 min read

Ericsson shareholders got the first inkling of a huge capital increase in the company's half-year report. CEO Lars Ramqvist...

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South African First

Oct 31, 1995

By Staff Writers

2 min read

JP Morgan launched the first depositary receipt programme for South African bonds in September. The programme allows international...

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The Same But Different

Oct 31, 1995

By Gerry Foster

6 min read

There is a song I remember from somewhere that begins: Who do you turn to when nobody needs you? A valid question in many...

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Prospects

Oct 31, 1995

By Staff Writers

2 min read

The cover story in this issue of Investor Relations focuses on the current takeover fever in the media industry; another article...

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Speculator: the Metaphysics of Flying

Oct 31, 1995

By Ian Williams

5 min read

Even with fading memories of school physics, most of us would be hard put to explain the dynamics of how hundreds of tons of Jumbo...

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Encounters: Owning Up

Oct 31, 1995

By Staff Writers

5 min read

'Cheers' said Hugh, raising his glass. 'Or should that still be Sant at this point?' Everyone on the Paris to London train felt...