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Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone suggested Tuesday the media company would consider undertaking a more aggressive fiscal policy to boost its share price, leading Moody's Investors Service to put the company under ratings review with a high chance of downgrade.

Bond market records were broken this week in a remarkable session of sovereign issuance - Italy issued the largest sovereign 10 year dollar bond and Spain the longest government bond in euros; Austria sold its biggest syndicated bond and Belgium achieved its tightest ever pricing.

Morris Goldstein, Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, asks whether the renminbi is out of line

London-based asset manager Cairn Capital has hired James Starky, a veteran of the European structured finance legal scene, as chief legal officer.

Keynote Address by Anne O. Krueger First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Remarks by Raghuram Rajan Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department International Monetary Fund

Developing countries are increasing their agricultural productivity, but gains will not translatn unless industrial countries reduce agricultural trade protection

UBS is combining its fixed income and credit businesses and revamping its structured products and commodities offerings. According to an internal memo, Sal Naro and Chris Ryan are assuming joint responsibility for the global fixed income business which will be renamed credit fixed income. In addition, Stephen Bell will head the flow credit trading business and report to Naro and Ryan, according to the memo penned by Michael Hutchins, head of fixed income, rates and commodities. Kris Kagel, spokesman, confirmed the move.

Adelphia Communications' auction for its assets is expected to dictate valuations in the entire cable sector, according to fixed-income officials eagerly anticipating the conclusion of a two-year process.

Banc of America Securities' fixed-income team plans to polish up its courting of foreign central banks, especially in Asia, underscoring the growing heft of Far East investors in U.S. bond markets, according to an official at the firm.

Some loan market participants are pushing for the elimination of borrower consent for sales of funded term loans.

Bankers are kicking the tires on new ways to apply collateralized debt obligation methodology to untapped parts of the debt market, leading industry professionals to expect a handful of innovative transactions to surface in the coming months.