She refuses to share her balance sheet with stressed countries by allowing the issuance of euro-bonds, until they reform, even though such reforms cannot be implemented in time to head off sovereign defaults that would take down many under-capitalized European banks, now desperately juggling their books to inflate their capital ratios.
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SHARE's balance sheet, at a cost that is three to four percentage points cheaper than it pays for a bank loan.
Those firms with good balance sheets will be able to grow and take market share from those with ailing balance sheets.
In an ETF, managers balance the share makeup of the fund so it accurately reflects the performance of its underlying index, charging lower fees.
But for fans of these strategies, it narrows the possibilities to companies with respectable earnings growth and yields, decent share prices and strong balance sheets.
As Peter Hahn of the Cass Business School in London points out, a bank that suddenly increases its market share, or expands its balance-sheet, is usually the one to watch.
But if visionary Jeff Bezos can become so drunk with hubris over his rising share price that he engineers the balance sheet boner of the decade, then perhaps we all should pray for humility, as well as vision, as we race toward the new millennium.
The analyst believes Cummins will continue to use technology and its strong balance sheet to boost market share.
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Tudor, Pickering figures that Plains is worth owning, as it has the balance sheet to fund its share of development on this and other recent finds (such as Davy Jones).
But he added that the board decided to cut the dividend to 0.17p per share, to reach an "appropriate balance between providing a return to shareholders and preserving the financial flexibility necessary" of the firm.
Is the balance to be subtracted from his share of the estate or forgiven as a gift?
In addition, Alliance Fiber sports a debt-free balance sheet with 75 cents per share in cash, while Bookham's price-to-sales ratio is 1.6.
Except for Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual (nyse: WM - news - people ), most of these companies have had their fair share of regulatory trouble, bad press and balance sheet concerns.
Some argue that a purged balance sheet, coupled with a battered share price, makes it a much more attractive takeover target.
There is as yet no evidence that market abuse has driven down financial firms' share prices and plenty that their trashed balance-sheets and credibility have.
We do not anticipate however that the company will have trouble meeting such commitments as it has a strong balance sheet and is growing earnings per share at a quick pace.
The share buyback expansion seems unlikely to shrink the current cash balance at all given the rate of cash generation.
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Politely request financial information, especially balance-sheet ratios, but agree not to share it with competitors.
It too has a debt-free balance sheet and gets only marginally higher marks for share price value from the charts.
The historic 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, which share a long border, is the cornerstone of a regional balance.
While its rivals were dealing with government bailouts, Ford grabbed more than two points of market share, returned to profitability and began repairing its heavily leveraged balance sheet.
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But at the same time -- I said earlier this week -- we have to balance the need to know and the need to share with appropriate oversight.
The UK insists that it has allies within the EU who share its views on the need to reform institutions and alter the balance of powers between Brussels and national capitals.
And we committed to working together so that we can find an approach and configuration that is consistent with the security needs of both countries, that maintains the strategic balance, and deals with potential threats that we both share.
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The company excelled in revenue growth and share price growth, but there was no reality check provided by the balance sheet.
Part of the problem is that when the large banks took their share of the money, adding billions of capital and liquidity to their balance sheets, investors were encouraged and happy to buy up the large amounts of additional shares that the banks issued, providing the banks with still more capital, which they used to pay back their TARP loans.
Credit Suisse has had its share of mishaps during the crisis but it was quick to scale down its balance-sheet, has plotted a credible strategy for its investment bank and pulled well ahead of UBS, its main rival in wealth management.
For example, a share in Siemens acquired in 1974 for euro8 still sits on the buyer's balance sheet at euro8 today, even though its value has risen hugely.
Some of the stocks he initiated a buy rating on include Alaska Air Group, American Airlines parent AMR, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines parent UAL, because those stocks are highly leveraged to an economic recovery, will benefit from balance-sheet deleveraging, focused on growing margins rather than gaining market share and attractively valued.
We balance, as I said and you mentioned back to me, the need to share and the need to know because they're important.
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