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SEOUL IS FUN FOR THE FOREIGNERS--SO FAR

Malaysia is proving to be a shrewd player in the international financial markets. By all the rules of the game, the political and financial scandals of the past year, as well as the bleak outlook of the economy, should have left the country paying over the odds for its new borrowings.

?QUE? LEND MONEY TO A RIVAL BANK?

THE INSIDER TRADER'S GLOBAL GUIDE

PARALLEL BANKING BEATS BARTER

LEVERAGED FUNDING As part of the total package for its $4.35 billion acquisition of Sperry Corp, the Burroughs Corp plans to raise $250 million of capital via an issue of money market preferred stock.

TRUST -- FOR A PREFERRED SHARE

HOW TO IMPRESS A JAPANESE FIRM

UNHITCH THE TRACTOR, SUNSHINE

SPACE RACE FOR ALBERT FRERE

TO FOCUS IS TO SUCCEED Through the spin-off of the Henley Group this past spring, said Gene Barron, manager of corporate finance at Allied Signal Corp, his company succeeded in divesting all its unwanted businesses "in one fell swoop" .Allied Signal retained a 30% interest in the group -- a hodgepodge of 35 different businesses -- whiel shareholders received the remaining 70% of the new company in the form of one Henley share for every four Allied shares. By thus removing all the businesses from its balance sheet at once rather than shopping each individually, noted Barron, Allied Signal achieved the same result with less time and effort while bringing additional value to shareholders.