In 2008, prior to the credit crisis that kicked into high gear after the fall of Lehman Brothers in mid-September, the Central Bank responded to small business and individual demand to send capital abroad.
Individual circumstances demand creativity, and city officials have been happy to meet with municipal finance managers from as far as Australia to share its model.
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The combination of high-speed Internet and inexpensive digital components allowed Aereo to pack 80 individual TV antennas and receivers on a circuit board and dynamically assign them to individual viewers on demand, then stream content to each subscriber.
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Demand from individual and foreign investors, the two segments which pushed up the Nikkei 225 earlier this year, is also weak.
And whereas once it may have been enough to simply provide hotel guests with a clean, comfortable place to sleep for the night, today's customers demand more individual attention.
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The cable cabal also pushes video-on-demand--individual shows sold to individual viewers at a few bucks a pop or less.
He can then demand justification from individual syndicates that seem out of line in setting premiums too low or terms too loose.
Using price to manage demand is a well-studied discipline in the airline and railway industries, where individual seats may be priced differently to manage variable demand into fixed capacity.
Many bonds are issued under New York law, which means that any individual bondholder has the right to sue and demand full payment.
Much of this decline is due to the high demand for tax free munis by individual investors in high tax states as well as generally, given the pending tax rate rises in 2011.
The large increase in offers provided by small businesses is driven primarily by two factors: greater demand for coverage by workers due to individual penalties for being uninsured and the avail-ability of new, often lower-cost insurance options (because of administrative savings, for example) for small businesses that offer coverage on the exchanges.
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Many industry experts say the only solution for individual companies, to at least meet near-term demand, is merger and consolidation.
There is one thing for certain, though: There is plenty of pent-up demand from flight schools, flying clubs, individual buyers, airplane partnerships and those who would like to have reasonable aircraft rental rates.
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If 5 million individual investors want only 100 shares each, this amounts to a demand of 500 million shares.
This idea, called "demand response, " has been practiced for years by individual large consumers like aluminum smelters and big factories, which get a price break on so-called interruptible power.
Demand for yield will come from pension funds, endowments and individual retirees seeking to fund liabilities and cash flow needs.
However, a closer look at the individual components of the index suggests that this time supply constraints, not rising demand, are the biggest explanation of rising prices.
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Economies of networking arise on the demand side of the market, when consumers buy a product in groups rather as individual units, the larger the number of consumers joining the group, the greater the benefit for each consumer.
Either individual has the option of saving his production instead of trading it away, thereby opting to fulfill future demand.
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There is growing demand for boards to undergo a formal evaluation process, to assess both the performance of each individual board member and how they work together as a group.
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Less supply and more demand benefits everyone, not least of which, or depending on your perspective, most importantly, individual investors.
As some confidence surrounding the economy and prospects of individual firms as begun to build, companies have found it easier to issue debt at low interest rates as demand for their bonds has been strong.
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