The document proposed that Chinese partner Guangdong Provincial Highway Construction Co. agree to the transfer of the extra cost from Hopewell's balance sheet to that of the project in the form of shareholder loans.

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As the Italian economy slows, as many expect it will, the ECB may be forced to expand its balance sheet again with interest rate cuts and possibly some form of sovereign bond purchasing, which we ever more ironically refer to as QE.

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By overextending the balance sheet, companies are replacing what should be risk capital in the form of equity with debt.

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