American Express plans to raise $825 million by issuing an additional 27 million common shares.
Like some other large groups, Places for People raises money from investors by issuing corporate bonds in its own name.
Seoul has been planning to raise money by issuing $10 billion in bonds.
Ladbroke plans to raise $419 million for the deal by issuing about 70.4 million new shares.
Last week Yahoo raised $750 million by issuing convertible notes at what analysts described as extremely favorable terms.
The second would have allowed the company to raise some $2.7 billion by issuing new shares.
Management hopes to raise $89 million by issuing 20 percent of its shares.
In October that year, the company successfully raised A$63 million by issuing new shares.
Many found it easy to raise money in recent years by issuing high-yield securities, or junk bonds.
The Bush plan calls for a new Federal agency to raise $50 billion by issuing 30-year bonds.