"We look to maintain a strong balance sheet as set out in our financial framework, " a BP spokesman said.
What appears to be equity on the balance-sheet of one set of government-controlled entities is really just debt on another.
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To that end, several off-balance-sheet entities were set up.
To finance the off-balance-sheet assets, the government set deposit interest rates at very low levels: 1% or so.
Prepas set up a privacy sheet in the tent and prepared a cot.
She first sears the steak in a very hot pan, then perches it on a rack set on a baking sheet and pops it into a hot oven to finish cooking.
You're greeted with a solid plastic box that holds your documents, a branded mousepad, toolkit, T-Shirt and a hand-written quality-assurance sign-off sheet from the person who tested and set up your gear.
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Banks set up their off-balance sheet vehicles in response to capital rules.
It simply describes a set of transactions on a national balance sheet.
The days when any large-ish bank could set up shop, load its balance sheet with debt and become an also-ran in anything from bond underwriting to complex derivatives are over.
Kitagawa has set new standards for information disclosure publishing a balance sheet of his government's assets and debts, a first for any prefecture in Japan.
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And, in an effort to bring back at least a light version of the central idea of Glass Steagall, the bill would require banks to set up separate affiliates, each with its own balance sheet, one with FDIC deposits and one without them.
The set had thousands of small cardboard boxes and hundreds of pages of sheet music, all lit sublimely.
International regulations known as Basel III will increase the costs of holding minority stakes in financial institutions, forcing big banks to set aside more capital in order to maintain regulators' key measures of balance-sheet strength.
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