Business Buzzwords: Currency Trading

Banks and trading platforms are competing to get a bigger slice of the rapidly expanding business of ..... currency trading, where investors buy and sell without revealing their identity to the market.

The dot-com ..... ended when the NASDAQ Composite index peaked at 5,048, more than double its value a year earlier, and what followed was a bloodbath of layoffs and consolidation caused by 'dot bombs' - companies launched with great exuberance to grab as much Internet real estate as they could without mounting a successful revenue model.

The 1929 stock market crash itself, though large in its own right, was nothing compared to the ensuing ..... market and devastating depression.

General Motors Corp. Chief Executive G. Richard Wagoner would love to snare stylish Italian sports car maker Alfa Romeo from its floundering parent, Fiat Auto, in which GM has a 20% stake: "The Alfa brand is like a sleeping .....," says one Fiat senior executive, "We can reactivate it with new models."

A Euroland corporate raised financing for a power station project, but the gas-fired plant was exposed to the risk of a rise in gas prices, and the power tariff was linked to the European inflation index; so ABN AMRO structured and traded a ..... swap with the corporate, matching the profile of the corporate's loan.

Georgia Pacific was especially frustrating to bondholders, as the $2.6 billion of post-junk rated issues were tendered, while the legacy investment-grade fallen ..... bonds dropped by 12 points after double-A plus rated (buyer) Koch Industries said it would not guarantee the Georgia Pacific bonds.

More than a hundred companies in America are seeking to redefine the ..... line - moving away from conventional corporate accounting, where the only consideration is profit, to one that also includes the social and environmental impact the company is having.

Financial News USA news distribution services will get your Virtual ..... Show in front of potential investors, both retail and institutional: our press release enhancement services give you expanded coverage on the wires as well as the ability to target specific groups via our EmailWire and FaxWire services.

No image better represents the United States stock markets than the .....: the little one-inch-wide strip of paper is as synonymous with following the performance of stocks and their markets as it is with heroes' welcomes and parades.

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