News digest for July 11, 2006

Financial Institutions Revise Equator Principles for Environmental and Social Risk Management
The revision underscores how far the financial sector has progressed in embedding in the project finance arena a common set of best practices to manage social and environmental risks related to project financing.

Girding for a Media Battle with Activist Hedge Funds
Activist shareholders simply take advantage of the financial media’s penchant for negative opinion and public fights. Some of these activists are adept at sowing negative articles in the media without being tagged as the reporter’s source. That’s why boards grappling with the kind of issues that attract activists should move quickly to shore up their communications capabilities in at least four ways.

UBS tops 1st-half global midcap M&A tables-Thomson
Swiss investment bank UBS AG ranked top globally in the first half of 2006 on advice for mergers and acquisitions smaller than $500 million, according to figures from data provider Thomson Financial.

Will Smarter Phones Drive Content Consumption?
Compared to the average mobile phone subscribers, smart-phone owners are avid users of mobile multimedia.

Visuals Help Jury Understand Accounting
“It’s a process that helps attorneys identify the salient points of a case and the potential conscious and subconscious responses of a jury to those facts. We knew that the images, analogies and metaphors – both verbal and visual – were going to be key factors.”

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5. The emerging engagement expectation

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