Not bad for a firm that, Credit Suisse notes, was a small telecoms-equipment distributor a few months ago.
Bentley himself carries a credit card and notes that the late Larry Burkett, the ministry's revered co-founder, carried one also.
When the credit-linked notes turned sour following the 2008 financial crisis, Hong Leong claims it lost tens of millions of dollars and suffered damage to its reputation with clients.
While there are still risks of a double-dip recession and a freezing up of the credit markets, UBS notes that companies have more cash on hand now than they did when the credit markets were shut in 2008 and early 2009.
Meanwhile, the analyst notes that Credit Suisse surveyed 1, 013 Amazon users, of which 400 were Netflix subscribers.
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My buddy who owns a string of McDonald's restaurants notes that credit card sales account for 16% of store volume, an unusually high ratio.
Nexus has so far upgraded 52 Metro stations with smart ticket machines which are capable of accepting credit and debit cards and banks notes, as well as coins.
I'm glad Jason raised the relationship between declining business formation and the credit market, because I'm skeptical that the recent decline he notes is driven primarily by changes in the supply of credit.
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"This market was the hardest hit last year, " notes Chandra Bhattacharya, a Credit Suisse strategist who specializes in residential mortgage-backed securities.
High unemployment rates and lack of available credit will not help car sales, notes David Joy, chief market strategist at RiverSource Investments.
The condo owner, moreover, can deduct property taxes, and gets a partial exemption from capital gain taxes when he moves, notes James Banahan, a credit analyst with National Cooperative Bank in New York.
As Steve Cook, author of the blog realestateeconomywatch.com, notes, even talk of a credit has perverse effects on the housing market.
Even in thriving Houston, notes architect Tim Cisneros, the credit crunch has stopped many projects by clients from the mainstream real estate development community.
Update: I have removed the link to the report at the request of Credit Suisse, which typically limits distribution of its full research notes and intended to do so in this case.
"Tighter credit will eliminate the shakiest loans, but will shut off many credit-impaired borrowers who truly could make the payments, " notes Retsinas.
Overall, Pottow notes, the seniors were poorer and might simply have relied on credit cards as a way to pay necessary expenses, including medical bills.
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TSB's Brazilian chief, notes, the lack of information on who might be a decent credit risk has made local banks err on the side of caution.
Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution notes another reason for the outflows: a huge increase in trade credit extended to foreign (mainly South-East Asian) buyers of Chinese goods.
While Credit Suisse says FAI growth was boosted by government investment stimulus, CLSA also notes that fixed asset investment and capital spending by private firms has been rising faster than state-owned firms for 30 of the last 31 months.
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Cunningham notes a similar decline in the number of debtors who reached out to credit counselors during the worst days following the sub-prime crisis.
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He notes, for instances, that 130 million Americans participate in the ownership of co-op businesses and credit unions, and that more than 13 million Americans have become literal worker-owners of more than 11, 000 employee-owned companies.
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