TOPIC 1         INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE: THE GOALS OF COMPANIES.

Poor communications puts Sport’s Direct off track

Article 1          Sports Direct warning stumps investors

                        Lucy Killgren and David Blackwell

                        Financial Times, 27 April 2007

Activist shareholders demand change at Logica

Article 2          Logica’s chief quits in wake of warning

                        Roger Blitz

                        Financial Times, 28 May 2007

Article 3          Investors expecting change at LogicaCMG

                        Maija Palmer

                        Financial Times, 30 May 2007

TOPIC 2         FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FEATURING INVESTMENT BANKS

Financial markets watch the new Fed Chairman

Article 4          Bernanke to give a taste of more transparent Fed

                        Andrew Balls

                        Financial Times, 14 February 2006

It’s all champagne, Ferraris and penthouses – let the good times roll for the investment bankers

Article 5          How long can the good times last? Bankers cautious despite bids and bumper bonuses

                        Peter Thal Larsen

                        Financial Times, 27 November 2006

More transparency needed at the Bank of England

Article 6          Bank to give better guidance over rates

                        Chris Giles and Scheherazade Daneshkhu

                        Financial Times, 3 May 2007

TOPIC 3         FINANCIAL MARKETS

At 1.30 p.m.in London all eyes are on the screens

Article 7          Surprising US job creation data rally stock markets and dollar

                        FT Reporters

                        Financial Times, 2 June 2007

Financial markets standing at a crossroads

Article 8         Bond yields spark credit concerns

                        Michael Mackenzie, Richard Beales and Joanna Chung

                        Financial Times, 8 June 2007

Article 9          Bond market sell-off

                        Lex Column

                        Financial Times, 8 June 2007

TOPIC 4         DEBT FINANCE

Greek government launches new bond issue

Article 10        Athensprepares 50-year bond issue worth €500–€1bn

                        Kerin Hope

                        Financial Times, 18 January 2007

Japanese convertibles back in fashion

Article 11        Convertibles stage a return to fashion

                        David Turner

                        Financial Times, 8 February 2007.

Bulldog, yankee and samurai bonds . . .

Article 12        Record samurai deal by Citigroup

                        Mariko Sanchanta

                        Financial Times, 6 September 2005

TOPIC 5         CAPITAL STRUCTURE

MyTravel on the brink

Article 13        MyTravel Shareholders offered 4% in £800m debt-to-equity restructuring

                        Matthew Garrahan

                        Financial Times, 14 October 2004.

Blacks Leisure hit by global warming

Article 14       Blacks Leisure falls into the red

                        Tom Braithwaite and Maggie Urry

                       Financial Times, 4 May 2007

TOPIC 6         EQUITY FINANCE

Hargreaves’ founders float 15     &asp;                  Sarah Spikes and Lina Saigol

                        Financial Times, 12 May 2007

Article 16        Hargreaves Lansdown soars on debut

                        Sarah Spikes

                        Financial Times, 16 May 2007

Good value at Sainsbury’s?

Article 17        Valuing Sainsbury’s

                        Lex column

                        Financial Times, 17 May 2007

TOPIC 7         STOCK MARKET EFFICIENCY

Company share split down the middle

Article 18        Stock splits: time to query decades of dogma

                        John Authers

                        Financial Times, 8 April 2007

TOPIC 8         PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCE

Private equity firm fills its Boots

Article 19        Boots provides takeover acid test

                        Chris Hughes, Tom Braithwaite and Andrew Taylor

                        Financial Times, 21 April 2007.

TOPIC 9         DIVIDEND POLICY

Have share buybacks gone too far?

Article 20        Shareholders taking a stand on handouts

                        Chris Hughes

                        Financial Times, 19 May 2007

Printing money pays big dividends for De La Rue

Article 21        De La Rue pays a special dividend

                        Tom Griggs

                        Financial Times, 23 May 2007

TOPIC 10       MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Sophisticated European company into hot metal, seeks more sympathetic
partner . . .

Article 22        Discussions unlikely to yield white knight

                        Mariko Sanchanta

                        Financial Times, 2 February 06

Article 23        Mittal goes on Arcelor charm offensive

                        Peggy Hollinger

                        Financial Times, 31 January 2006

Can Japanese sauce spice up US Hedge fund?

Article 24        Poison Pill’s strength under analysis

                        Michiyo Nakamoto

                        Financial Times, 15 June 2007

TOPIC 11       RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEDGE FUNDS

The $2 pound puts pressure on UKcompanies

Article 25        Exporters curse dollar’s drag on profits

                        Chris Hughes

                        Financial Times, 14 May 2007

So tell me what do these hedge funds actually do?

Article 26        Facing down the threat of tighter rules

                        James Mackintosh

                        Financial Times, 20 June 2007

TOPIC 12       NORTHERN ROCK

Confidence in Northern Rock shatters!

Article 27        Fresh turmoil in equity markets
                        Krishna Guha, Michael Mackenzie and Gillian Tett
                        Financial Times, 11 August 2007

How did this crisis impact on Northern Rock?

Article 28        Repo Market little known but crucial to the system
                        Michael Mackenzie
                        Financial Times, 11 August 2007

Article 29        Growing sense of crisis over interbank deals
                        Gillian Tett
                        Financial Times, 5 September 20sp;       
                       Bankk funding lifeline
                        Peter Thal Larsen and Neil Hume
                        Financial Times, 14 September 2007

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