To get an idea of this potential reduction in value, an increase of just 5% to our base manufacturing cost forecast can reduce our SunPower stock price estimate by almost 15%.
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That suggests a restructuring of Greek sovereign debt - which would see a formal reduction in the value of that debt - is a more imminent prospect than official pronouncements by eurozone governments and EU officials would suggest.
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At which point, presumably, the rest of the eurozone would have to accept a Greek default and a much more significant reduction in the value of what the country has to repay than the implied 21% that has been allowed so far.
Fund managers involved in the talks say that the reduction in the net present value of the bonds may be much higher than that suggested by a 50% reduction in their face value: the true figure could be closer to 70%.
But if Apple cuts its profit margins to do it then jobs (some number, unknown) will disappear somewhere else as a result of the reduction in those profits and the value of Apple as a company.
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The wind association wrote lawmakers saying that it would accept a 10-percent annual reduction in the value of its tax credit over six years until it would stop altogether in 2018.
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The results also suggest that if a reduction in the value of what Greece owes were followed by Ireland and Portugal insisting that they too should be let off some of their debts, the consequential losses would be just about bearable - though there would have to be a fair amount of help for banks from eurozone, especially German, taxpayers.
You need to have something of an across the board reduction of that burden to restructure just the face value of these mortgages.
You need to have something of an across-the-board reduction of that burden to restructure just the face value of these mortgages.
If the private sector is accepting a 21% reduction in the net present value of their Greek holdings, in exchange for longer term bonds from a country that is now able to service to its debt, that would be a pretty good deal for the banks.
The results show that the 40-year bond produces a reduction in the Net Present Value of the payments of 43% (an early version of this post had reported this as 37% but commenter Nene pointed out an error in the spreadsheet thanks for the input Nene).
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Brands that stand for something find themselves less in need of creating value through price reduction.
Some towns now are reckoning with a reduction of 10% or more in the value of their taxable property from Sandy, and at least one, Mantaloking, with more than a 30% decline, according to the latest tax assessments.
However a lack of liquidity in shares, or a languishing or reduction in share value can make employees wish they had opted for higher wages or another form of incentive compensation.
"The challenge now is to pick up the new role, which has not been defined adequately as yet, and to make sure I add value to the work of the police and the work of crime reduction, " he told BBC Wales.
The company attributed the value boost to cost containment and reduction initiatives which saw workforce reductions and the closing of six facilities in North America.
What attracts Fried to Home Depot is the combination of its value characteristics and its active share repurchase program that has produced a net reduction in shares outstanding.
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