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Not to be outdone in pointy-headedness, the Treasury committee hears from the chairman of the Independent Commission on Banking Sir John Vickers about its proposals to insulate high risk banking activities from "utility" high street banks.
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Hitachi has never before taken on the risk of operating a nuclear power utility, as opposed to simply building and selling the plants.
When debt is treated more like a utility, with the lender managing risk so there is a high probability the loan and the agreed-upon yield will be paid, such lending is more consistent with its economic purpose.
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Low tax rates make it easier to get to the point of diminishing marginal utility from extra work and incremental investment risk.
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The utility of outside counsel as part of the risk assessment function varies broadly.
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The utility is the same and yet it is attained at a higher risk and a lower reward so the indifference curve is lower.
With massive regulation, caps on pay and restrictions on risk and competition, we can turn the entire financial sector into a cross between a public utility and the DMV.
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Along with Koch Industries, a privately held commodities giant, and Utilicorp United, a Kansas City-based utility, Enron is creating a new over-the-counter trading market in weather risk management.
Along with Koch Industries, a privately held commodities giant, and Utilicorp United, a Kansas City-based utility, Enron is creating a new over-the-counter trading market in weather-risk management.
The more that ecosystems become degraded, the UN says, the greater the risk that they will be pushed "over the edge" into a new stable state of much less utility to humankind.
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