External Debt Reduction

President Obama gave his annual assessment of the US last month and so we felt it an opportune time to also review the state of the union a little closer to home and...

NEWS SHORTS FROM THE PULP AND PAPER WORLD CORPORATE STRATEGY China maps out guidelines for pulp and paper industry development China looks set to raise its pulp capacity in a bid to reduce...

DailyFX.com Releases Forex Trading Opportunities for 2012 and Mistakes of 2011 NEW YORK -- When it comes to currency trading there's no magic ball or mirror for us to look into to see...

Declares Quarterly Distribution of $1.16 Per Unit HOUSTON -- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) today declared a quarterly cash distribution per common unit of $1.16 ($4.64 annualized) payable on Feb. 14,...

Opportunities Exist Despite Dim Outlook for Global Economy LONDON & NEW YORK -- Citi Private Bank today released its investment outlook for 2012, stating that despite increasing concerns about the solvency of some...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b1b7c1/croatia_country_re) has announced the addition of the "Croatia Country Report" country profile to their offering. The IntelliNews Croatia Country Report comes out monthly, and covers the major macroeconomic...

CHICAGO -- The ongoing sovereign debt crisis poses serious risks for the Latin America pulp and paper industry, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. Europe remains a key sales market for...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to the following JEA, Florida electric revenue bonds: --$14.9 million electric system revenue bonds, series three 2012A; --$63.4 million electric system subordinated revenue...

WARSAW, Ind. -- Biomet, Inc. announced today financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2011. The Company announced preliminary net sales results for the fiscal second quarter in its press...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) and Country Ceiling for the Dominican Republic as follows: --Foreign currency IDR at 'B'; --Local currency IDR at 'B'; --Foreign currency...

Measured against what followed the Christmas past of 2008, nearly any new year looks like a happy one. But 2012 is coming in full of cheer for many Northeast Ohio manufacturers. About the...

Building upon prior research that demonstrates how the limited knowledge of finance alternatives of entrepreneurs may cause suboptimal finance decisions, this paper examines how entrepreneurs' human and social capital influence their knowledge of...

HEADNOTE While the Eurozone lurches from crisis to crisis, Africa has been registering record growth levels and has now become the prime focus of investors looking for areas of solid growth to invest...

Senior Associate, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade The economies of developed countries have, since 2007, experienced the most significant and persistent period of economic malaise since the 1930s. Domestic...

BlackRock's Global Head of Fixed Income, Peter Fisher, understands bond markets and what moves them. Fisher began his career in 1985 at the New York Federal Reserve Bank and spent most of his...

Global commercial real estate (CRE) is gradually improving despite mounting concerns over European sovereign debt, the pace of future economic expansion and a weak U.S. housing recovery. There are several issues that will...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In what is beginning to sound like a broken record, the global credit crisis kept interest rates at historically low levels throughout 2011 and the Federal Reserve is determined to keep...

HEADNOTE A potential pause in recovery momentum is likely in 2012. However, the top 10 issues shaping the outlook spell uncertainty on several fronts. IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 Global commercial real estate (CRE) is...

As the European sovereign debt crisis continues, S&P shot a warning at 15 Eurozone nations that largely had escaped the debt problems wreaking havoc on some nations. S&P threatened to downgrade the credit...