Now, if you would like to declare a direct interest, I would be happy to take this into account.
By contrast, China's state-owned oil companies have no direct interest in Angolan oilfields, one of their two biggest sources of crude.
The U.S. keeps 30, 000 troops in Korea to deal with the threats on that peninsula, which are of direct interest to Japan.
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Euro-zone members have learnt that they have a direct interest in each others' economic policies, so have accepted closer monitoring by Brussels and their peers.
The automakers have a direct interest in seeing First American overturned.
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Local people usually have a better knowledge of local ecological conditions than experts in faraway capitals, as well as a direct interest in improving the quality of life in their village.
More and more people are acquiring, through the stockmarket, a direct financial interest in the accuracy and integrity of corporate information.
But its professed concern for justice would carry more weight if it did not have such a direct financial interest in the outcome.
Investors will have to weigh for themselves whether that stream of dividend income is enough to offset some of the negatives of investing in a company but not having a direct ownership interest in the deals it is negotiating.
To make matters worse, consumers lack expertise in health care, and make their health care purchases on the advice of their chosen doctors and specialists, who not only also have no incentive to control costs, but, rather, have a direct financial interest in them spending more.
But they do have a direct strategic interest in keeping the next election as tight as possible (leaving aside the baleful effect of the boundary changes on a number of their MPs) because it maximises their chance of a hung parliament in 2015 and leverage over the next government.
There is a direct connection between interest rates and currency strength.
"We are now seeing a resurgence of Japanese interest in direct real-estate investment, " says Matthew Richards, head of Jones Lang's international capital group in Europe.
ILCs can operate in nearly all 50 states by direct mail, charging whatever interest rates they choose.
However, it is likely to use this feature to direct ads based on user interest and, in the process, charge a higher amount for these targeted ads.
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One idea being bandied about entails replacing the tax exclusion for interest on state and local bonds with a direct subsidy to the issuer of 15% for the interest paid on those bonds.
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So we went out and invested a lot in technology and then in a lead handling platform that allowed us to tap into that customer interest and then direct potential customers to our channel partners.
The solution they seem to miss resides in a direct appeal to business self-interest, emphasizing how and why Wall Street and its corporate brethren ought to pursue reputational strategies because doing so will generate prophylactic benefits as well as bottom-line enhancements short-term and long.
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The lower the interest rate the lower the direct cost of investment for US firms.
In addition to cutting the funds rate, the Fed announced it was reducing its discount rate, the interest it charges to make direct loans to banks, by a quarter-point, as well, to 4.75 percent.
The new law doesn't (as Reformamt had hoped it would) waive penalties or interest for these losers or even direct the IRS to cut them any special break.
If America wants to help him, which is almost certainly in its interest to do, the most direct way would be an offer on moderating or reinterpreting sanctions.
The Supreme Court ruled in the case that income taxes on interest, dividends and rents were direct taxes and were, therefore, unconstitutional because they violated the Constitutional provision that direct taxes be apportioned.
America's Student Loan Providers (ASLP), a group that represents loan providers under the federally guaranteed program, estimates that the bill will cut funding for guaranteed loans by about 80%, forcing borrowers into Direct Loans, which typically have slightly higher interest rates.
Aside from GIK issues, word on the charitable street is that another topic of interest is paid professional fundraisers running direct-mail and telephone solicitation operations who keep most of what they raise as their fee, perhaps with the donors none the wiser.
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Some of it is in the form of loans, SBA long term low interest loans but there are also direct grants that you do not have to repay if you qualify, unemployment compensation, rents as you try to find a new place to live.
Google is really not much different from age-old direct marketing, in which a propensity for product interest is discerned, and a pitch made.
The Fed's decision means that the discount rate, the interest rate that the Fed charges to make direct loans to banks will be lowered to 5.75 percent from 6.25 percent.
Money should be direct-deposited from your paycheck to a money market or interest-bearing savings account.
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