But they do not represent typical focus of venture capital on fundamental innovations that expand the economy.
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European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet said the new regulations - called Basel III - were "a fundamental strengthening of global capital standards".
So, as one senior international regulator said to me, the debacle should reinforce his and his colleagues attempts to force banks to hold vastly more capital as a protection against losses on banks' trading activities (the Basel Committee's " fundamental review of trading book capital requirements").
The asset class "has gone from obscure, unloved and sometimes unwelcomed a decade ago, to widely accepted and a fundamental part of the venture capital ecosystem today, " he says.
On Wall Street, China is the driving force behind the commodity bull market, and a great fundamental story for long term capital appreciation while US and European markets stagnate.
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"The "break-even" rule also infringes other EU fundamental freedoms: free movement of capital (as far as club owners are concerned), free movement of workers (players) and free movement of services (player agents), " said the statement issued by Striani and Dupont.
Europe, too, is not just suffering from an excess of counter-inflationary zeal (at a time when deflation is also a risk) and inappropriate fiscal restraint: fundamental reforms are needed to labour and capital markets in several countries if domestic demand is to grow significantly.
The expansionary monetary policies pursued by Japan as well as the U.S. and European nations have thus far not been accompanied by fiscal reforms required to halt deficits and the accumulation of debt, or the fundamental structural reforms required in labor and capital markets to restore long term economic growth.
Simon recognized a fundamental truth: Human inventiveness is the true capital of an economy.
At a time when unemployment remains high and economic growth is lagging, forcing banks to report interest paid to nonresident aliens would encourage the flight of capital overseas to jurisdictions without onerous reporting requirements, place unnecessary burdens on the American economy, put our financial system at a fundamental competitive disadvantage, and would restrict access to capital when our economy can least afford it.
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And Mr Solbes argues persuasively that the fundamental benefits, in particular the widening and deepening of capital markets, have already far outweighed the embarrassment of the exchange rate.
This would indeed be a fundamental break in tradition even in Great Britain, where the capital exercises extraordinary control (by American standards) over Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The new measures mean that Cyprus is the first eurozone nation to impose capital controls - the absence of which is a fundamental reason behind the monetary union of the 17 members of the euro bloc - since the debt crisis began.
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Fundamental shifts in investment are warranted, and investors must begin diverting capital away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy at a much faster clip.
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So, it seems, Mr Bush is trying to reach the goal of a consumption tax not through fundamental tax reform, but simply by a thousand cuts on the taxes on capital.
While the grid is fundamental to the success of clean energy development, so too is the availability of capital.
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The fundamental problem that Mr Draghi faces is the acute divergence within the euro zone as capital flight sucks funds out of the periphery and into the core, making monetary conditions simultaneously tight and loose.
Even so, and as pointed out by Sir Mervyn King - the governor of the Bank of England who chairs the oversight body of the Basel Committee, which is known as the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) - the fundamental cause of the crises at these banks and others was that they had too little capital to absorb losses.
The report also cited the strong monthly dividend history at Prospect Capital Corporation, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
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The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at American Capital Agency Corp, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
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The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Annaly Capital Management Inc, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
Yet, often of late, the fundamental question is indeed the acceptance of a market economy amid globalization, with all that means for taxes, capital and labor, the environment and the welfare state.
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