Each firm in the table also has a low Barra Risk Factor, a forecast of future volatility, which was developed by Berkeley, Calif.
That is the method proposed by Sean Dimin, one of the owners of a firm called Sea to Table.
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Yet for all the sound and fury this provoked in the British papers, there are few firm proposals on the table.
Harry Boyle, analyst at New Energy Finance says his team won't be convinced of the potential of jatropha until it sees firm figures on the table.
Yet the inside-the-law-firm chatter and poker-table badinage come off superbly.
Steven Begleiter, who used to head corporate strategy at Bear Stearns and now works at a private equity firm, made the final table at the main event in 2009.
In order to even get to the stage where a deal is on the table, both sides of a partnership needed to be firm believers that those resources would be well-utilized (be it for generating new revenue streams, building a better product, generating brand awareness, etc.).
Another Russian oil firm is trying to get a seat at the table by buying debt in Sidanco.
Separately, private-equity firm Silver Lake hasn't taken its offer off the table and would be open to interacting with Mr. Thompson to understand his vision for Yahoo and assess ways to work together, a person familiar with the matter said.
Partners could also vote to dissolve the firm, something the leadership has said isn't on the table.
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Our data comes via FactSet Research Systems, a portfolio analytics firm that also happens to be among the companies listed in the table.
MacTaggart says the firm will only do a transaction if it can bring operational enhancement to the table.
Firms' pitches were often little more than a table, the almost mandatory Apple laptop and an easel to which a card with the firm's logo was affixed.
Celtic, looking to recover from last weekend's Old Firm defeat, will leapfrog Rangers and move back to the top of the table - for 24 hours at least - if they beat Dundee United.
Although he refused to say which firm rejected his offer, Buffett added that he would leave his bid on the table for 30 days to give the insurers time to find better offers.
Another firm using the plaform is Prontomarketing.com who uses it for creating custom reports and pivot table searches.
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And despite some nervy moments for the home fans, Celtic held firm to maintain the pressure on Rangers, who can restore their two-point lead in the table against Hibernian on Wednesday.
When a professional service firm refuses to have any conversation off the clock or a company never leaves any money on the table in a negotiation, I always become concerned that they really do not understand that they are in the relationship business where referrals and word of mouth mean a lot.
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