Railtrack immediately retaliated, saying that, if its profits were capped, this would have an immediate impact on its ability to raise capital.
Its debt was also upgraded by Moody's, which will reduce its interest rates and boost its ability to raise capital for further expansion.
This would throw into doubt its ability to raise capital.
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"Companies seek a listing not just because they can flog their shares at a high price after a few fantastic years of profit but because listing gives them the ability to raise capital efficiently and cheaply, " says Jonathan Dutton, an analyst for brokerage SBC Warburg Securities in Seoul.
The ability to raise venture capital often relies on getting yourself in front of the right people.
By nature, entrepreneurs are bullish, which leads many of them to see the ability to raise venture capital as a given or right.
Evidently some Chinese entrepreneurs continue to believe that a listed firm's ability to raise public capital is worth having if not now, then one day.
"Ambac's ability to raise sufficient capital to avoid a downgrade is now in significant doubt, " said CreditSights analyst Rob Haines in a research note Thursday.
Mr de Guindos is seen to be too optimistic both about the ability of banks to raise capital without the help of taxpayers and how much capital the banks will end up needing.
The ad hoc response to the Greek crisis may partly reflect a fear that a formal set-up with a staff, budget and the ability to raise funds in capital markets would be too close to a fiscal union for many countries to stomach.
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The ability of American companies steadily to improve their return on equity had much to do with their ability to raise other kinds of capital cheaply, and only when necessary.
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The ability to sell assets to this fund will make it easier for banks to raise private capital, which will accelerate their ability to replace the capital investments provided by the Treasury.
China's exports will also be helped by an ability to raise trade credit and working capital.
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