In Vivendi's case, among other factors, hidden information about inter-company loans almost brought the company down.

ECONOMIST: Credit-rating agencies

The Winfield team analyzed structured and unstructured market data from 20 sources, using an information-discovery solution that identified the inter-relationships between the data sources.

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At present, this information is in the hands of Canada's seven inter-dealer brokers, firms which handle trades for bond dealers and banks in order to keep the transactions anonymous.

ECONOMIST: Bond trading

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The father's information was vetted and a determination on how to proceed was made through a U.S. inter-agency process, and a file was opened on Abdulmutallab about five weeks ago.

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