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Rocky Road
CFOs could find their turnaround talents tested by a wave of corporate restructurings. March 3, 2008
Fear and Loathing, and a Hint of Hope
Not all is lost for the structured-finance business. But it faces further discomfort before it can start to recover some of its past sheen. February 15, 2008
Is Your "Cash" in Danger?
Auction-rate securities, which thousands of companies report as a cash equivalent on balance sheets, may be imperiled. February 13, 2008
Chain of Fools
Hard evidence that securitisation encouraged lax mortgage lending in America. February 12, 2008
Gross Exaggeration
A public spat has broken out in the private market for credit-default swaps. January 31, 2008
Bricks and Slaughter
Lenders in America and Britain retrench, but for how long? November 9, 2007
Loss Leaders
The costs of the credit crunch mount. There may be more pain to come. November 1, 2007
Switching Off the Lites
The balance of power in credit markets is finally shifting. October 12, 2007
Low Credit Ratings Don't Faze Companies: S&P
Standard and Poor's traces the decline of corporate ratings to the growing appetite for risk, which has gained much wider appeal since the risk-averse days after the Great Depression. October 9, 2007
Too Big to Ignore
Debt derivatives markets are encroaching on corporate finance decisions. September 26, 2007