But they cannot surrender their peg until the country's banks are fit enough to live with a currency free to float and capital free to flee.

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These finance companies earned millions of dollars through unusually high fees, high-interest loans and the float (the working capital they handled for their clients).

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It would be allowed to float revenue bonds to get the capital needed for constant modernization.

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Last year the time was right to float Swisher again, to raise capital to fuel Huizenga's next stage of the roll-up.

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Unlike its quoted peers, Och-Ziff Capital Management and Fortress Investments, GLG chose to float with a one-vote-per-share structure, although its founders do retain dominant stakes.

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That float being some multiple of what you actually have as your own cash or capital?

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The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Market Index and the newer U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index are composed of investment grade U.S. bonds.

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As insiders and venture capital investors head for the exits, expect more shares to come onto the market, and the float or the shares available for active trading will increase.

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