Silver Wheaton signs long-term purchase agreements with mining companies (typically gold and copper mining companies) that produce silver as a by-product.
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Then, with much of the European bond market effectively neutralised by the long-term purchase of government debt by the ECB (we are paid not to think about the market value, says one fund manager), you make a large part of the world's debts difficult to value.
On Tuesday, Shanghai's housing bureau effectively abandoned its plan to let long-term residents purchase a second home.
The Antelope Valley Solar Projects will sell power to Southern California Edison under long-term power purchase contracts.
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The building owner will sign a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the electricity the solar array generates and will pay 5.5% interest on the loan Mosaic provides to install the panels.
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Investors looking to purchase long-term inflation hedges, should see more attractive entry points in the period ahead.
They also recommend new highly-targeted government subsidies, such as tax credits, to encourage moderate-income consumers to purchase long-term care insurance.
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At some point during the next year, it will have to print new funds in order to purchase long-term Treasuries.
Given the weak jobs report released in early September, there is a strong likelihood another round of quantitative easing is imminent and the Federal Reserve could elect to purchase long-term mortgage securities this time around.
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Mr. Candy's broker, Louis Buckworth of Corcoran Group, said that he considered the purchase a long-term investment as well.
Many Fed watcher are expecting the committee to announce the purchase of long-term Treasury notes in order to keep interest rates down and stoke economic growth.
Both employers and individuals can contribute to an individual's HSA. HSA monies can be used for the purchase of long-term-care insurance, which will be a huge benefit to ever older baby boom-ers.
Executives are discussing plans to lease the Plastic Logic e-reader to long-term subscribers, with the money going toward purchase of the device.
Indeed, merely the news that it would purchase government debt drove down long-term interest rates, just as the Fed's announcement did, an entirely conventional stimulus to demand.
The Federal Reserve completed its daily purchase of U.S. long-term Treasury bonds Monday, sending Treasury bond prices up and yields down from the morning's levels.
On Oct. 28 Moody's rating service tweaked the outlook to negative from stable on the A3 long-term issuer rating of Nomura Holdings because the Lehman purchase will edge up operating expenses.
Moody's (nyse: MCO - news - people ) rating service tweaked the outlook to negative from stable on the A3 long-term issuer rating of Nomura Holdings because the Lehman purchase will edge up operating expenses.
Marketers will focus more on the entire consumer experience to build and foster a long term relationship with a consumer as opposed to just that initial purchase phase.
"E Ink is committed to growing the ePaper market and the purchase of SiPix shares is part of our long term growth strategy, " said Scott Liu, Chairman of E Ink Holdings.
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Private equity investments, made by funds that raise money to purchase companies and then sell them, are supposed to be long term.
High-end advertisers will also attempt to emphasize long-term value--such as suggesting that a watch is not just a purchase for today, but for years to come.
However, given the costs associated with purchasing the hoard, which would also include conservation and display, a purchase by the city council alone is "unaffordable" in the long term, she said.
If an individual investor likes the long-term outlook of Dell Computer or Cisco Systems, it's easy to purchase a "call" on those shares, which gives the investor the right to buy them at a set price in the future.
Investors initiated long-term optimistic stances on the stock by selling put options in order to finance the purchase of call options in the January 2011 contract.
If you truly believe in the long-term potential of the asset with a realized capital loss, then you can always purchase it back after 30 days when the wash sale rule has expired.
With the closure of the existing scheme to new joiners, new recruits will be offered a money-purchase version instead, in which the eventual pension will be directly related to its long term investment returns rather than their final salary at retirement.
While Cleveland is a much smaller market than New York, the purchase of SportsTime Ohio is still a big move strategically because it gives Murdoch exclusive long-term local telecast rights for Indians baseball, ensuring that the Indians will once again be part of the FOX Sports portfolio of regionally televised hometown teams.
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The break-up consideration due to Deutsche Telekom under the terminated Stock Purchase Agreement also included significant Advanced Wireless Services ("AWS") spectrum and a long term agreement on Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems ("UMTS") roaming within the USA. T-Mobile USA incurred transaction-related costs in 2011 that primarily reflect incremental personnel costs as a result of the formerly proposed deal.
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