This article examines the valuation effects of new equity issues by Japanese banks through private placement. Although past studies have shown a positive market response to private placement, our results indicate that abnormal returns are, on average, positive but statistically insignificant....

We report the effect of a Cr layer on the glass substrate during the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by chemical vapor deposition. When Fe was used as a catalyst in the CNT growth, longer CNTs were obtained by increasing the thickness of the Cr layer. However, CNTs were not grown on the...