But its balance-sheet is running up against constraints.

ECONOMIST: The Federal Reserve

But the true measure of our prosperity is more than just a running tally of every balance sheet and quarterly profit report.

WHITEHOUSE: REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY AT A CAMPAIGN EVENT

So whilst click-through rates on emails and website hits are both free to measure and very seductive, it takes time and money to measure the value of your brand (many big PLCs value these on their balance sheet as goodwill running into several hundred million).

FORBES: Measurable Marketing Not Always Effective Marketing

Each glass sheet has rows of conducting wires running across it, and the two sets of wires are at right angles, so that a voltage can be applied across the liquid crystal at any chosen intersection.

ECONOMIST: Just press print

When Sally stands up and drops her sheet, we see that there is a thick scar running down her torso.

NEWYORKER: Mother Knows Best

It will take a while to clean up the refinery enough to get it running at full speed and a while to clean up its balance sheet enough to restart the stock offering.

FORBES: Slick

Our investigation suggests that views are coalescing around new ways to think about running the bank with greater heed to the consequences of decisions on the balance sheet.

FORBES: The Future Of Banks Hangs In Their Balance Sheets

The theme running through these properties is low to moderate price-earnings ratios, impeccable balance sheet strength, high free cash flow generation and the capacity to indulge in financial engineering in the form of share buybacks, dividends and deal activity.

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