Reading and understanding the Financial Times / Kevin Boakes.

"A selection of articles from the Financial Times that relate to some of the most important issues in the world of corporate finance"

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Article 1: Sports Direct warning stumps investors. Lucy Killgren and David Blackwell. Financial Times, 27 April 2007 -- 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 -- Article 4: Bermanke to give taste of more transparent Fed. Andrew Balls, financial Times, 14 February 2006 -- Article 5: How long can the good times last? Bankers cautious despite bids and bumper bonuses. Peter Thal Larsen. Financial Times, 27 November 2006 -- Article 6: Bank to give better guidance over rates. Chris Giles and Scheherazade Daneshikhu. Financial Times, 3 May 2007 -- Article 7: Surprising US job creation data rally stock markets and dollar. FT Reporters. Financial Times, 2 June 2007 -- Article 8: Bond yields spark credit returns. 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 -- Article 10: Athens prepares 50 year bond issue worth �500m-�1 bn. Kerin Hope. Financial Times, 18 January 2007 -- Article 11: Convertibles stage return to fashion. David Turner. Financial Times, 8 February 2007 -- Article 12: Record samurai deal by Citigroup. Mariko Sanchanta. Financial Times, 6 September 2005 -- Article 13: MyTravel shareholders offered 4% in �800n debt-to-equity restructuring. Matthew Garrahan. Financial Times, 14 October 2004 -- Article 14: Blacks Leisure falls into the red. Tom Braithwaite and Maggie Urry. Financial Times, 4 May 2007 -- Article 15: IPO values Hargreaves at &�750m. Sarah Spikes and Lina Saigol. Financial Times, 12 May 2007 -- Article 16: Hargreaves Lansdown soars on debut. Sarah Spikes. Financial Times, 16 May 2007 -- Article 17: Valuing Sainsbury's. Lex Column. Financial Times, 16 May 2007 -- Article 19: Stock splits time to query decades of dogma. John Authers. Financial Times, 8 April 2007 -- Article 20: Shareholders taking a stand on handouts. Chris Hughes. Financial Times, 19 May 2007 -- Article 21: De la Rue pays special dividend. Tom Griggs. Financial Times, 23 May 2007 -- Article 22: Mittal goes on Arcelor charm offensive. Peggy Hollinger. Financial Times, 31 January 2006 -- Article 23: Discussions unlikely to yield white knight. Mariko Sanchanta. Financial Times, 2 February 2006 -- Article 24: Poison pill's strength under analysis. Michiyo Nakamoto. Financial Times, 15 June 2007 -- Article 25: Exporters curse dollar's drag on profits. Chris Hughes. Financial Times, 14 May 2007 -- Article 26: Facing down the threat of tighter rules. James Mackintosh. Financial Times, 20 June 2007 -- Article 27: Fresh turmoil in equity markets. Krishna Guha, Michael Mackenzie and Gillian Tett. Financial Times, 11 August 2007 -- Article 28: Repo market little known but crucial to the system. Michael Mackenzie in New York. Financial Times, 11 August 2007 -- Article 29: Growing sense of crisis over interbank deals.Gillian Tett. Financial Times, 5 September 2007 -- Article 30: Bank throws Northern Rock funding lifeline. Peter Thal Larsen and Neil Hume. Financial Times, 13 September 2007.

This text incorporates a selection of topical FT articles with recurrent themes relating to some of the most important issues in the world of corporate finance. The chosen articles are analysed in-depth, leaving you armed with a new vocabulary of key financial terms, ready to conduct your own analysis next time you read the FT.