PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Luxury goods and retail group PPR said it issued 400 million euros of bonds in a private placement Friday, specifying that the redemption amount on maturity is indexed on the company's share price. 'This funding enables PPR to benefit from [a] future increase in its...
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A plan to make clean energy affordable around the world to poor, rural households without access to electricity won the grand prize of the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas...
Europe swings higher in volatile session Royal Bank of Scotland drops 22%; SAP share slump continues LONDON (MarketWatch) - Shares advanced in a see-saw session in Europe on Tuesday, with a sharp rise in Volkswagen shares...
Monday October 6, 9:20 am ET MEXICO CITY, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for September 2008 increased...
ARTICLE: "Russian Stocks in Free Fall," by Jason Bush, BusinessWeek, 29 September 2008. THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: "Russia Unveils $120 Billion Package to Halt Slide: Government to buy Up to $20 Billion In Blue-Chip Shares," by...