Their American counterparts, for instance, rely far less on American government bonds, and are much more willing to hold long-dated corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
They prefer to hold long positions in companies with dependable earnings like Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) and chewing-gum market leader William Wrigley Jr.
In areas such as Laikipia in central Rift Valley, people who hold long leases issued by the colonial government would have those reviewed and the land could revert to the state.
Heady stuff, meeting and greeting the great and near-great, but, in 1984, his ambitions on hold long enough, Mr. Francesconi went to Italy to study conducting with Franco Ferrara, a tutorial cut short by the maestro's death.
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"The real question is whether the cease-fire will hold, how long it will hold, and whether it can be used to build upon and improve the situation and crisis, " said Haim Malka of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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The sell off in BRIC equities represents buying opportunities for many fund managers who hold a long term view.
He would not hold still long enough for me to splint his arm.
Wise investors select different index funds and exchange-traded funds ( ETFs) based on their needs and hold them long-term.
However, the sector continues to hold its long-term growth factors of increasing global urbanization and growing energy demand from emerging economies.
First, higher personal-saving rates and (more optimistically) a lower federal deficit will hold down long-term interest rates and the cost of capital.
Weight, combined with the angular edges that dig into fleshy parts of hands, means this is not a tablet you'll want to hold for long.
Still, pollster Greenberg says, that method won't hold for long, as people who use only mobile phones, Internet phones and the like become the norm.
Discussing the ClimateWise initiative this week, the ABI's executive director, Stephen Hadrill, said the current arrangement would hold as long as the government does its part.
Van der Sar, with a rare handling error, failed to hold a long-range strike from Anelka, but Kalou could not convert the rebound from a tight angle.
But it was not an advantage they were to hold for long, despite the efforts of the tenacious Marouane Fellaini, who did his best to repel the Gunners.
With so many distracting sites for women on the web, you have to be able to grab their attention and hold it long enough for them to fall in love with your budding community.
As a threshold matter, the interests of an equity investor would not necessarily be aligned with those of ACA or other noteholders, and holders of equity may also hold other long or short positions that offset or exceed their equity exposure.
At about two pounds, it's definitely on the heavy side, which is one major strike against and that, combined with the angular edges that dig into fleshy parts of hands, means this is not a tablet you'll want to hold for long.
And I talked to one of them who said the impression that they get is if the Republicans dig in their heels enough and hold off long enough, the President will fold -- on the tax deal and now on this budget deal.
The bank CEO declined to give a timeline but said it "depends how long the Germans hold out... how long the German population is willing to buy into supporting" fiscal union.
Phase 2 will kick in next and hold for as long as two years.
We pick a limited number of investment ideas, that we intend to hold for a long time.
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All you had to do was to buy a well-balanced portfolio and hold for the long run.
Hold times are long with many taxpayers so discouraged that they hang up before their call is answered.
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In an era of widespread, inexpensive communications, knowledge spreads way too fast for it to hold power for long.
Once they reach a certain level of wealth, "they hold on as long as they can, " says Mathew Greenwald, the firm's president.
Talking about this with various Czech sources, though, I am struck by how few of them think Mr Klaus will hold out that long.
Not without reason: although some Shia dynasties, such as the Fatimids in Egypt, did hold sway for long periods, Islam's early caliphs often oppressed their Shia subjects.
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