Then they were given some metal sheets and four wooden posts.
Put simply, the balance sheets of some Spanish and Italian banks no longer look like one more push would send them over the edge.
Decades ago Jim saw the way some executives manipulate balance sheets and accounting rules--a subject that, sadly, is as relevant today as it was in the 1960s--and made exposing it a FORBES staple.
All of these stocks come from a sector that traditionally offers some stability during difficult times, but their strong fundamentals and solid balance sheets also make them the kind of value-oriented investments that could see some bigger gains when the market turns around.
Consumer balance sheets look horribly stretched, and some recent spending, especially on cars, is literally borrowed from the future.
Many banks have taken steps, over the course of the last few months, to shore up their balance sheets by selling businesses and raising some of that capital that they need themselves.
The study estimates that roughly half of that 0.43 inch rise was caused by thermal expansion of the oceans (as water warms, it becomes less dense and expands), some from from runoff from melting glaciers, and the rest from melting of Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets.
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The government wants corporate balance-sheets to become more open and conglomerates to close some of their myriad subsidiaries.
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With massive balance sheets and shareholders with the patience of Job, some may persevere through several years of poor returns in their hunger to conquer Manhattan.
As she shook this one box which was not empty, so that the contents would settle and not spill when it was lifted, she noticed some loose sheets of writing paper lying face down.
The hut stood on its own patch of land, which was walled off by stakes, stones brought from the shore of Lake Onega and piled up haphazardly, and rusty sheets of roof iron, probably carried here from some distant town by a gale.
The hope is that it is just a question of time (and some pain) before banks consolidate their subprime exposure onto their balance sheets.
Those technology companies with strong balance sheets--and little debt--may soon start doing some bargain-basement shopping for smaller tech shops.
So First Solar has a strong a balance sheet and should emerge stronger than they were because some of their competitors with weaker balance sheets may fall by the wayside.
It is clear that the rebuilding of public and private sector balance sheets across advanced economies will continue to constrain global growth for some time.
Every week at its warehouse in Menlo Park, California some 10, 000 sheets of stamps, tens of thousands of posters and 20, 000 T shirts--almost every shirt unique and distinct from all the others--roll off the presses, sparkling with freshly printed images of cute kids, Disney characters, landscape shots and catchy tag lines (sample:"Not everything's flat in Lubbock, "reads the chest-high line on one).
The expiration of the tax-credit may lead to a lag in purchases for the following months, and any rebound in prices may bring out some housing inventory hiding in the shadows of big bank balance sheets.
While the housing recovery will not be without its hiccups, BofA and its ilk are starting to draw some benefit from the housing market, after years of watching it wreak havoc on their operating performance and balance sheets.
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As the concerns of investors increased, money center banks and other large financial institutions have come under significant pressure to take onto their own balance sheets the assets of some of the off-balance-sheet investment vehicles that they had sponsored.
Gathering some 40 images from the 1930s through 1970 as well as related press cards, invitations, tear sheets and the like, the museum started to plan the exhibition with Vyarawalla's input last year.
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