Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Gerald Group signs US$225 million Revolving Credit Facility for ninth consecutive year
Gerald Group (“Gerald”), the world’s largest independent, employee-owned metal trading house announced that it successfully executed its ninth consecutive, annual Revolving Credit Facility (“RCF”) for US$225 million. The 1-year RCF was launched at US$200 million, and following strong support closed with a higher commitment, seeing Gerald take part of the oversubscription, raising the RCF to US$225 million. The syndication made up of 15 banks was led by ING Bank N.V., in its roles as sole Bookrunner and Coordinator, and a core group of lead arrangers including BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd., and Deutsche Bank AG.
Vittorio Conti, Chief Financial Officer, commented: “I am delighted that we have successfully re-financed the RCF for the ninth consecutive year, and that we had closed syndication in record time. We have to thank ING Bank and all our banking partners who participated, for their outstanding and continued support in Gerald Group.”
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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