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The second was to use its balance sheet to help commercial and investment banks finance their holdings of hard-to-value securities and avoid fire-sales of assets.
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To gather venom for commercial purposes, beekeepers place a sheet of glass embedded with low-voltage electrical wires at the hive entrance.
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Not accounted for in these sovereign debt numbers is the banks' exposure to off-balance-sheet items, equities and commercial and residential loans in PIIGS countries.
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The privately owned gold held in Turkish commercial banks has shown up on the balance sheet for the central bank, resulting in news reports of inflated official-sector reserves in the country, the consultancy said.
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It had a stellar balance sheet loaded with prudent investments backing up its commercial insurance liabilities.
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But while Immelt has taken major steps toward shoring up the company's balance sheet, including slashing its reliance on short-term commercial paper and reducing risky real estate loans, GE is still vulnerable to rising interest rates and unwelcome scrutiny from regulators.
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In addition, the shrinking balance sheet of GE Capital on account of the sale of its commercial real estate holdings is expected to impact its results.
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Having a commercial bank would boost Morgan Stanley's efforts to use its balance sheet to attract more investment banking business, bring it a cheap source of deposit gathering and also bring it a fund-processing business.
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Lacking any Wall Street buyers for their mortgage loans, commercial banks are left to hold any mortgages they've made in the last few weeks on balance sheet, requiring funds and reserves against them.
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