As the crash in the West began, their refinancing options dried up and the target firms' profits slumped in most cases.
Neither firm did much to increase the amount of money they extracted from insurance companies and target firms as a percentage of the damages they claimed.
As of several years ago, the target for firms large and small was fifteen percent to low twenties.
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One reason for this is the rise of activist hedge-funds, which target underperforming firms and lobby directors to improve their returns.
These are essentially publicly traded private equity firms that target small and medium-size private companies, providing debt and sometimes equity.
U.S. equities initially reacted favorably to the data, along with strong earnings from firms like Target and John Deere.
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Investors have also been speculating that Premiere could be a bid target of private equity firms, and other media companies, while France's Vivendi has been cited in several reports as one potential acquirer.
Investors have also been speculating that Premiere could be a bid target of private equity firms, and other media companies, while France's Vivendi (other-otc: VIVEF - news - people ) has been cited in several reports as one potential acquirer.
With few big firms left to target and loans harder to come by, Xstrata announced last month that it would concentrate on organic growth.
But the level is still way above the government's 3% target and has led ratings firms to warn India's sovereign debt could soon be downgraded to non-investment-grade status.
They have proliferated in recent years as non-financial firms such as Target, BMW, Pitney Bowes and UnitedHealth have created ILCs as a cheap and profitable way to steer credit and other financial services to their customers.
His target audience includes professional services firms in law, accounting, market research and real-estate, hoping that LinkedIn can help their partners prospect for clients, as well as banks, pharmaceutical companies and medical-device makers that see LinkedIn as a way of developing better sales contacts.
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UMC, a semiconductor manufacturer, are world-class firms, and the target for much of the foreign investment in Taiwan.
The move came as a part of a wider plan to target people-smuggling operations and firms employing illegal immigrant labour.
Big media firms make an easy target, so Mr Powell now hopes to shift the debate on to other ground.
One new suggestion is that companies should not alter schemes retrospectively, if the firms miss a performance target, and the bosses miss their bonanzas as a result.
International unconventional plays are a target for most large oil field service firms, who are presently dependent on the U.S. for their unconventionals business.
The two Wisdom Tree products the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Growth Fund and the WisdomTree U.S. Small Cap Dividend Growth Fund attempt to target sustainable dividend streams as opposed to firms with temporarily high dividend yields.
If workers and firms believe that the inflation target will be hit, then short-term inflationary shocks, such as the recent jolt to energy prices, will be absorbed rather than setting off a wage and price spiral.
Since they are in the business of recommending a mix of investment categories to those clients, and then selling funds intended to target each of those categories, these firms are keen to ensure that the fund managers they deal with do as they are told.
Numerous drug firms are testing cancer drugs that target other growth-promoting genes.
Initially, law firms will be DolphinSearch's target customers.
Furthermore, our solutions target small practices and solo lawyers rather than law firms.
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Moody's said India's revenue target from sale of stakes in state-run firms next year looks especially tough to meet given the government's previous performance.
Mr. Harper's blunderbuss condemnation of most large firms and most law schools is off-target.
But how best to target the inflammation with drugs has been unclear, with numerous firms plying competing approaches.
Most mornings, federal, state, and local law-enforcement agencies, as well as private security firms, rent out the ranges for training and target practice.
One of the selling points when PE firms speak with management of a publicly-traded target is getting away from the quarterly guideposts set by investors and analysts, which is an attractive alternative for companies struggling through a turnaround or trying to undertake a major growth initiative.
The e-mails also suggest close commercial links between the two firms and at least one trading outfit that was a target of regulatory probes into shorting violations, SBA Trading.
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