With Reuters
Friday, September 03, 2010         08:21 EDT
Ely Razin, Esq., Editor In Chief
 
Precedent Watch
September 2010
3 Sep 2010
Dodd-Frank's near disdain for credit ratings agencies has created new confusion, this time around in the money market...
3 Sep 2010
Its economy is predicted to grow by 4 per cent next year, it has one of the lowest deficit forecasts in the EU and bond markets are alive with its issues. No it’s not Germany but…
3 Sep 2010
While clawbacks are a top focus for U.S. regulators, Canadian players are taking a decidedly mixed approach...
3 Sep 2010
A pair of financial services companies are banking on the public markets. These companies have extremely different client bases and business models, but the same aspirations...
3 Sep 2010
With a multi-jurisdictional placing almost as smart as its name, Masawara is hoping that investors will see the potential for growth in Zimbabwe as the southern African country stands poised for political change…
2 Sep 2010
Dodd-Frank is yanking trust preferred securities out of Tier 1 capital, and some banks are feeling more pain than others. Those that have relied on the magical elixir of TruPS range from…
2 Sep 2010
TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. entered into a $30 million credit agreement with Standard Bank PLC to fund a pair of acquisitions. Earlier this summer the aptly named TransAtlantic agreed to...
2 Sep 2010
Land use rights have been on the tip of tongues in China lately as business owners take care to avoid ending up like BYD. The Buffet-backed auto maker is currently under investigation…
2 Sep 2010
The shaky global economy has elevated dividend-paying stocks from dowdy has-beens to stalwart soldiers. Yet the legal issues associated with dividends can prove a tangled web…
2 Sep 2010
Dual listings can tie up secondary offerings, especially where disclosures differ between exchanges. U.S. filer Ampal-American Israel Corp. found this to its chagrin…
1 Sep 2010
Proxy access is here, and corporations will soon need to make more room on their ballots. And as the icing on the proxy access cake, the new rules will be here in just sixty short days…
1 Sep 2010
Unfazed by the summer heat in the northern hemisphere, the global energy M&A binge is gaining momentum. Asia-Pacific companies in particular have demonstrated an ongoing appetite for assets outside Asia…
1 Sep 2010
American industrial giant 3M has proposed a billion-dollar acquisition of biometric identification solutions provider Cogent, Inc…
1 Sep 2010
In March 2009, Kinross Gold helped Harry Winston Diamond Corp bolster its balance sheet, by investing $150 million in the company. But less than a year and a half later that deal has been dismantled…
1 Sep 2010
Leading automated retail solution provider Coinstar, Inc is looking forward to counting the coins from the $41.5 million sale of its money transfer business...