On the other hand, there are very few safeguards for backers, and accountability remains buried behind however opaque a wall each project wants to put up.
How did Stanford attract so many despite being a complex, opaque operation in a lightly regulated jurisdiction, offering oddly stable returns?
The answer seems pretty easy, if not opaque to a political class that has seemingly forgotten how economies grow.
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Global regulators like the Basel-based Financial Stability Board claim the repo market is opaque and a menace to financial stability.
The boxes are clear plastic and have an opaque lid with a slot in it and four locks.
Mr Bauer had to install his glass door because his former campaign chairman, Charles Jarvis, complained that Mr Bauer was spending time behind an opaque one with a female assistant.
Initially open with glass walls, the master-bedroom suite can be closed off from the rest of the home with a type of glass that turns from clear to opaque at the flip of a switch.
The judgments were somewhat opaque and never above a reference to Tacitus or Virgil.
The complexity of offshore oil drilling or credit-default swaps makes them opaque to all but a select few.
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CompStak - A New York startup that compiles data on commercial real estate, a notoriously opaque industry.
Or the team at Citizen and Immigration Services, the old INS, which in just 90 days, replaced its opaque application process with a transparent tracking system that allows people to check their status online, better and cheaper.
This announcement is a a bit opaque.
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The fault belongs less to him than to his party, whose views on education (and much else) remain opaque as it conducts a comprehensive policy review initiated by its leader, Ed Miliband, who himself has sounded unclear on the issue.
"I believe the opaque bags will still be a first for Wales, " said a council spokesman.
Such materials might include plastic or photovoltaic glass, which changes from transparent to opaque at the flick of a button.
Lightly regulated and nearly opaque, hedge funds played a central role in the creation of credit-default swaps and other financial exotica that led to the economic collapse of 2008.
Next they proposed to scotch Mittal by merging with Severstal, an opaque metals firm controlled by a Russian tycoon who, without launching a bid, was to become the dominant shareholder of the combined group.
In a comment on television that was opaque even by French standards, Lionel Jospin last month hinted at his approval of a tax on cross-border capital movements.
The place got a mark for being opaque and none if it was transparent.
Based of some discussions that I have had, it does not seem like tax practitioners are that aware of the opportunities and the IRS explanations are a bit on the opaque side.
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The scientists found a way to chemically remove the lipid fats that normally make brain tissue opaque, in effect turning any postmortem brain specimen into a picture window that reveals its internal structure.
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While Martin, a Republican, has been rebuked by Democratic lawmakers for his "opaque" management of the FCC, Genachowski, who has a long association with Democrats, is generally known as a networker.
Other highlights were a smoked sky ultra suede lazer cut dress, an opaque oyster one-shoulder silk tulle dress with gilded floral embroidered accents, and a midnight sculpted strapless stain organza dress with organza flower details and hand-painted floral illustrations.
Lastly, you'll need a pair of sheer or opaque tights or hold-ups, depending on your preference.
Brokers push them, he says, because the pricing is opaque and most customers will never see a bid-ask spread.
Not that you could actually see them, since the water was now opaque, as if someone had dumped a quart of buttermilk into it.
Some say criticism of the Brent benchmark is unwarranted, particularly as the third benchmark, Dubai crude, is more opaque, with declining production and only a small trading volume compared to Brent or WTI.
For a casual-chic look that shows off shapely legs, try a long tunic over heavy, opaque tights.
Prices for fuel, provided by a patchwork of middlemen, were opaque and jumbled.
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