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Impressive demand for KfW's new 5-year 5 billion Euro Benchmark bond More than one third sold to Central Banks

More than one third of the demand came from central banks. This trend was already observed in recent Euro transactions. This has been the highest central bank…

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KfW's 4th USD Global Transaction in 2010 illustrates the strength of its USD Programme

The USD 4 billion bond matures on June 15, 2012 and carries a coupon of 1.25 %. The reoffer price was set at 99.86 %, corresponding to a yield-pick up of 29.25…

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Economists Unveil New Way to View Financial Markets

But the alternative mathematical behavioral finance models that have gained currency since the crisis imply that the rational market has not disappeared for…

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Insolvency Risk Drops for Private Equity-Backed Firms

Private Equity and Insolvency compares the failure rates of 140,000 private equity-backed and non-private equity backed businesses between 1995 and 2009. The…

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Researchers Develop Index of Innovative Companies

A study from the USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation co-authored by Gerard Tellis, Professor and Director of the Center and Andreas Eisingerich Assistant…

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Rural Oregonians Use Less Public Assistance Despite Poverty

OSU researchers Deana Grobe and Bobbie Weber, along with Elizabeth Davis of the University of Minnesota, found that the rates of use of such programs as work…

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EU’s Shift: From Economic Alliance to Welfare Unity

For an alliance between nations that was originally conceived purely at the market economy level, this would be a fundamental step towards political unity….

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Researchers: Mutual Fund Fee Could Make Money for Investors

Short-term redemption fees could boost returns for mutual fund investors by as much as 3.27 percent a year, according to researchers in Texas Tech University’s…

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Study Reveals How Risky Loans Helped Firms Survive Recession

Murillo Campello says a survey of corporate executives found that many small and mid-sized firms survived the economic storm by tapping easy, low-cost lines of…

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Managing Expectations Is Crucial as High Unemployment Persists, Says Expert

More than 6 million Americans have lost their jobs since the start of the country’s most recent recession in 2008, and new jobs data released by the U.S….

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Research Counters Risky Image of Popular Financial Investments

In a study to be published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Yong Chen, an assistant professor of finance, investigates how derivatives…

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Older Investors Boost Dividends for Small Companies

New research has uncovered a surprising springboard for thousands of smaller companies and banks that share profits with investors instead of sinking…

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KfW serves investors with a new 5 year USD global – Again strong demand from Asia

After its overwhelming 3- and 10-year transactions in January, KfW is the only issuer who has launched in all benchmark maturities so far, bringing its total…

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How Business Culture Fuels Innovative Idea Generation

Groundbreaking ideas spring most from companies that stress technology, rather than customer needs or staying ahead of competitors, according to research that…

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New Year Brings Hope to Consumers Regarding Their Debt

The Consumer Debt Stress Index (DSI) dropped by slightly more than 2 percent in January, from 119.8 to 117.4“We’re seeing increased confidence among consumers…

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Top 20 Global Competition Economics Firms Revealed

This annual survey of the world's top competition economics practices uses such criteria as quality of economists and recent successes and lists the top 20 in…

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