repackaged the loans into collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), with numerous of them backed by subprime mortgages, then sold to investors. Besides, the ratings agencies such as Standard & Poors were paid to give them all AAA ratings, which caused many buyers to believe in what they were buying. However, long after the damage is done, the rating agencies acted too late to downgrade these papers. People cautioned that this would lead to catastrophe, but those that
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1. INTRODUCTION This report has been prepared to analyze and validate the initial stage of a strategic international marketing plan for launching Sephora in Pakistan. The background gives a brief insight of the company, the product and the foreign market chosen. The environmental analysis, to justify the foreign country, offers perspective across the Economic and Financial, Cultural, Political and Legal (PESTLE) elements that will affect the organization. A SWOT analysis has also been conducted
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The Energy Sector: A Quick Tour for the Investor November 2013 Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey ©2013 Deloitte Türkiye. Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Disclaimer Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry Investment Support and Promotion Agency (ISPAT) submits the information provided by third parties in good faith. ISPAT has no obligation to check and examine this information and takes no responsibility for any misstatement or false declaration. ISPAT does not
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commercial banking. The Bank has a market share of 35% in Islamic banking industry of the country.JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited, an affiliate of Japan Credit Rating Agency, has rated the Bank’s short term rating at A1+ (A-One Plus), the highest standard in short term rating, and the long-term entity rating at AA (Double A) with “Stable” outlook, making it the only Islamic bank with AA credit rating in the Islamic banking industry of Pakistan. | | HISTORY:The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam
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European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences ISSN 1450-2275 Issue 11 (2008) © EuroJournals, Inc. 2008 http://www.eurojournalsn.com The Usefulness of Corporate Governance and Financial Ratios to Credit and Financial Analysts: Evidence from Bahrain Jasim Al-Ajmi Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business Administration University of Bahrain, Bahrain Tel: +973-39444284; Fax: +973-17449776 E-mail: jasimalajmi@gmail.com Abstract Financial ratios provide useful
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July 4, 2011 Anglo Irish Bank Corp. Ltd. Primary Credit Analyst: Sean Cotten, Stockholm (46) 8-440-5928; sean_cotten@standardandpoors.com Secondary Contact: Giles Edwards, London (44) 20-7176-7014; giles_edwards@standardandpoors.com Table Of Contents Major Rating Factors Rationale Outlook Related Criteria And Research www.standardandpoors.com/ratingsdirect 1 876943 | 301539251 Anglo Irish Bank Corp. Ltd. Major Rating Factors Strengths: • 100% ownership by the Irish government
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awareness all over the world for the need to pay greater attention to the improvement of public sector management. The reason is obvious, government constitutes the largest single business entity and her pattern of expenditure through its various agencies and commissions stimulate lot of economic activities. As a result of these Government huge involvements in economic activities, initiatives are being taken all over the world towards improvement of the standards of accounting and auditing departments
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cash margin retained by the bank/DFI. c) Letters of credit/guarantee where the payment is guaranteed by the State Bank of Pakistan/Federal Government or banks/DFIs rated at least ‘A’ by a credit rating agency on the approved panel of State Bank of Pakistan. d) Non-fund based exposure to the extent covered by liquid assets. e) Claims other than those related to provision of facilities (fund based or nonfund based) to the banks’/DFIs’ constituents, where the probability of conversion of these
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