The discount is the gap between the net aggregate value of investments and the lower valuation placed on the investment trust itself.

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The foreign affiliates of U.S. companies reduce their effective tax rates by reporting more of their aggregate net income in the Netherlands (13%), Luxembourg (8%), and Bermuda (8%).

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Redfin also tracks the aggregate net promoter score of their customers, and this score ranks alongside revenue and profitability as a core factor in annual compensation from the CEO on down.

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The industry has produced aggregate annual net returns through June 30, 2011, of between 5.3% and 10.9% for funds launched between 2004 and 2008, the most recent funds that have invested all or most of their money, according to Cambridge Associates, which tracks over 4, 500 private equity firms.

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Perhaps the best way to determine China's impact on world inflation is to gauge whether its net impact is to increase aggregate global demand or supply.

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He bought zero coupon bonds in 2004 and 2005, when others thought inflation would crush them, and returned 11% and 12%, net of fees, versus the Lehman Aggregate Index's 4% and 2%.

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The results will contain estimated losses by exposure category, pre-provision net revenue, changes in loan loss reserves, total assets, aggregate loan balances and anticipated capital distributions over the time horizon.

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If I believed commodity prices are rising because of robust economic growth and strong global aggregate demand, I might conclude that the commodity price increases were a net positive.

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