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Chinese B-Schools Lift their Game

As the schools' reputations improve, more local students are choosing to study at home rather than earn degrees abroad

Countrywide Under Promontory Review

Spurred by the SEC and Senator Schumer, Countrywide has hired the respected financial consultancy to review its corporate governance policies

Finance Stocks to Buy Now

Gene Marcial talks to investors who believe opportunities remain amid the wreckage at the Wall Street financial houses

Citi’s CEO Search Gets Tougher

Now that John Thain has accepted the top job at Merrill, Citigroup will have to look farther afield for a new chief

The Next Worry: Bond Insurers

Wall Street is fretting that the subprime carnage could spread to bond insurance firms. A key concern: CDO exposure

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Cost of Corporate Default Insurance Soars

The price of insuring even the safest corporate debt against default has shot up, on demand from big investors who fear serious housing and credit-related trouble

Rising Fears of Corporate Defaults

The price of insuring even the safest corporate debt against default has shot up, on demand from big investors who fear serious housing and credit-related trouble

Dell Aims To Go Carbon Neutral

It's portraying itself as at the head of the pack among computer makers with a big initiative to help the environment. How good is the plan?

A ‘Public LBO’ for the Tribune?

Billionaires Ron Burkle and Eli Broad say their offer for the sagging media giant would give shareholders a private equity–style payout

Catalina Soars on Buyout Interest

The Florida behavior-marketing company surges 20% after a private equity firm approaches

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