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  • The relationship between management and boards of directors at U.S. multinational companies has been changed dramatically through an array of corporate governance initiatives begun in response to corporate scandals, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and other requirements. According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Barometer:
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  • Corporates ought to seriously consider the impact of the EU Prospectus Directive before embarking on a public offering in any of the EU states, warns Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The directive, published at the end of 2003, stipulates that corporates registered outside the EU must comply with the financial regulations of the first EU state into which they make a public share offering.
  • The sharp increase in the number of hostile bids in 2003 adn 2004 - including high profile bids such as Comcast's offer for Disney - has led to more coporates seeking insurance against the cost of fending off the bids. Last year there were 16 hostile bids in the UK, compared to just eight in 2002. In Europe last year, hostile offers totaled $56 billion, the highest since 1999.
  • Baudoin Prot, the CEO of BNP Paribas, used a results announcement last month to deny some of the merger rumours involving his firm and to sketch out plans for using the bank's excess capital. As he outlined the bank's 2003 results, which included an impressive 13.1% increase in net income from the corporate and investment banking division, he declined to reveal what BNP Paribas would do if a large US firm bought one of its European rivals. He described such hypothetical strategic plans as "science fiction".
  • Iran's State Tax Organization (STO) last month made its ambitions clear: in 2004/05 it is aiming to gather enough tax revenue to cover almost half of government expenditure. To achieve this it needs to record a 38% year-on-year increase in tax collection, or total revenues of almost $11 billion.
  • Banks and lawyers in the US face confusion over the tests used to determine their liability on securities fraud.
  • At first blush, Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company seems to be a poster child of the new Thai economy.
  • Despite rapid growth in recent years, the investment management industry in China is hampered by volatile flows, strict regulation and an uneasy relationship between fund managers and distributors. Joint ventures with overseas firms have met with mixed success. Julie Dalla-Costa reports.
  • Source: www.breakingviews.comis Europe's leading financial commentary service Eric Daniels , the chief executive of Lloyds TSB, has passed over the opportunity to give the UK bank a radical change of direction. Not only that – he has forced out the one board member who was gunning for change, former finance director Philip Hampton.
  • Indonesia has at last emerged from IMF intensive care to take its own first tentative steps towards full rehabilitation. Banks looks healthier and the country is preparing to return to the international capital markets. Early signs are encouraging, but key challenges lie ahead, including the roll-over of domestic recapitalization bonds. Chris Leahy reports.