Problem: BODY: Sorry I didn't respond very promptly to your last email. Things have been very emotionally draining for me around here. I'm going to forward some of my recent email communications to catch you up on the issue. After you've had a chance to take in the situation I would really love to hear your opinion. Call or email with any insights. Susan Susan M Scott
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A: SUBJECT: News from the front lines....

Problem: BODY: Sovereign Bond Spreads: =20 Significant New Issuance - CSFB Commentary: ?=09The emerging debt markets were less volatile this week following the st= abilization in the Argentine financial sector. Although there was no real p= rogress in improving the country's fundamentals, international reserves and= private sector deposits stopped falling, generating positive momentum for = the market. As a result, Argentina broke through an important 1400 resistan= ce level this week and the positive tone spilt over into other markets. The= Turkish Eurobond market had a very strong week supported by dramatic impro= vement in the local market: the Central Bank cut its overnight lending rate= from 62% to 60% after a successful T-Bill auction on Friday and local debt= yields declined sharply. Most of the Turkish curve was very well bid again= st the background of revived investor activity. The Turkey 2030 benchmark r= eached its high since the beginning of July at +935 bps spread on Thursday.= The Russian market also gained this week on the back of both the general E= M sentiment and local news on the incorporation of the "financial reserve" = (designed to accumulate US$1.8bn to help the government service its debt in= 2003) into the draft budget for 2002. Russian assets are now trading only = 1 point below their highs since the 1998 crisis. For Central and Eastern Eu= ropean assets this was a strong week with good demand especially for sovere= ign bonds, although there was no significant move in prices. Despite the ov= erall positive sentiment, Friday witnessed some weakening in all the emergi= ng markets, caused mainly by the technical factor of profit taking once the= market reached two month highs. The EMBI+ Index closed only 4 bps tighter = on the week at +882 bps after touching +861 bps during the Thursday session= . ?=09On its 30th August meeting, the European Central Bank lowered its bench= mark repo rate by ? point to 4.25%. European benchmark bonds reacted positi= vely to the announcement and now are pricing in at least another ? point ra= te cut this year. This is good news for issuers of *uro denominated bonds a= s the long awaited rate cut will lower European benchmark yields going forw= ard. ?=09Fitch upgraded the Republic of Estonia's rating to "A-" from "BBB+" on = Thursday reflecting its strong GDP growth, fiscal deficit reduction and goo= d fiscal prospects.
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A: SUBJECT: Sovereign Bond Spreads, 31 August 2001

Problem: BODY: Justin, Either today from home, or tomorrow when you get in, I need you to repath a deal on MRT pipeline for December, 2001. The new deal number is 1198556. (It is a buy/sell and I need it to flow thru to accounting for payment) Let me know if you need more information. Thanks,
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SUBJECT: duke energy