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Posted on 29/03/08

The hottest issue in this frigid market

NEW YORK, TORONTO -- They have no assets to scrutinize, and no financial records to scour.Many of them can't even tell you what sort of business they'll be dabbling in a month from now - if any at all. And yet special purpose acquisition companies, a niche product once confined to the shadows of the market, are suddenly among the hottest products on Wall Street, dominating an otherwise abysmal year for new stock listings.

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