Growth in shipments of Samsung's flagship GALAXY Note and GALAXY S II and other premium mobile devices yielded high returns, with significant growth in China, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa.

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Sullivan II, who are accused of running their Bridge Premium Finance as a Ponzi scheme by paying high promised returns to investors by duping others to put their money into the insurance premium-finance firm.

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The reasonable funding levels for elite venture and growth managers, coupled with the concentration of premium deal flow to those managers, will generate the most attractive risk-adjusted returns.

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Interestingly, historically there was usually a premium built into high-quality company valuations, as investors are willing to pay more for their high returns on capital, strong balance sheets, lower risk, and the certainty of their cash flows.

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