This is a convergence of mobile portability with the speed and multifunctionality of fixed-line broadband.
The fixed-line telecoms division has been a consistent loss maker for Siemens in recent months.
Some lenders will agree to a lower, fixed-rate payment if the alternative is no payment and foreclosure.
Many mobile-phone companies have much higher market valuations than fixed-line operators, despite their more recent origins.
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If current trends are any indication, mobile revenues will overtake total fixed-line revenues by 2004.
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Yes, Merck or Pfizer has honestly earned the government-issue, fixed-term monopoly that we call a patent.
Entitlements need to be converted from open-ended obligations with terrible incentives to fixed-cost, predictable obligations, e.g.
If the instinct to avoid risk were universal, fixed-rate home mortgages would not exist.
Two of the firm's strongest businesses, fixed-income and mortgage origination and securitization, have taken hits.
"It's the dominant fixed-line operator because it had a monopoly until recently, " he says.
Aside from the Treasury bond market, fixed-income investors are scared out of their skulls.
Orexigen continues to seek approval for its fixed-combination of naltrexone on bupropion, Contrave.
Fixed-income fund investors are seeking any advantage they can find in this low interest rate environment.
Even employees in the fixed-income division of the institutional securities group are positive, he said.
Unexpected inflation is a hazard on any fixed-income holding that stretches beyond, say, a year.
Owning your own house (especially if you have a fixed-rate mortgage) is a good start.
Get yields of 8% to 15% on top of huge capital gains in fixed-income securities.
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Interest rates on global fixed-income securities currently range from less than 1% to 5%.
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Get yields of 8% to 15% in fixed-income securities, including bank convertibles and preferred stock.
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"I think Wednesday we don't have a choice, " particularly if fixed-income and currency markets are open.
When you borrow to invest, you must choose between an adjustable or a fixed-rate mortgage.
Fixed-income trading has proved particularly challenging, and he has reorganized the unit's management several times.
In Egypt, operators often depend on Telecom Egypt's fixed-line infrastructure to carry their mobile services.
If you are offered a fixed-income investment that pays 8% or more, be very suspicious.
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Merrill's fixed-income group must be pared back, with perhaps a quarter of it going.
It is a source of base load, low-carbon and largely fixed-cost power for many utilities.
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That paper suggested companies shouldn't think of their capital structures as fixed--say 40% debt, 60% equity.
If their attempts achieve lower transfers to the fixed-line networks, mobile networks could get more swamped.
Without fixed-income securities the best way to put their riches to work is through acquisitions.
The benefit is that the starter rates are lower for ARMs than for traditional, fixed-rate mortgages.
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