Corporate Finance

It's now corporates' turn.

By Alan Goldstein and John Detrixhe

Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Corporate short-term borrowing rates soared as bank bailouts spread through Europe and the Federal Reserve committed to doubling its auctions of cash to banks to as much as $900 billion to unfreeze short-term lending.

By Linda Sandler and Jeff St.Onge

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s main lender and clearing agent, JPMorgan Chase & Co., caused the liquidity crisis that led to Lehman's collapse, creditors said.

Citic in talks to buy Bear stake - China's Citic Bank is in talks to take a stake in Bear Stearns, a senior Communist party official has revealed [Financial Times - Financial Services]

China 'will be most active M&A player' - Chinese companies are set to be Asia's most acquisitive in the US or Europe next year, according to a survey of the region's dealmakers [Financial Times - Asia Pacific]

KDB fund to aid S Korea's global growth - Korea Development Bank, the state lender, is about to launch a $1bn private equity fund to help South Korean companies expand overseas, the latest in a series of government initiatives aimed at encouraging local business to go global [Financial Times - Asia Pacific]