Banco Santander appears adequately capitalized, with a Tier I capital ratio of 10.8%.
Meanwhile, with worldwide implications, Basel III, supported by the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, moves gold to a Tier I asset.
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The Uptime Institute pioneered a widely adopted metric, with rankings from Tier I through Tier IV that quantify the reliability of megawatt-class power systems.
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From a text book perspective, Basel III requires banks to hold 4.5% of common equity, Basel II requires 6% of Tier I capital of risk-weighted assets.
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Adams says the professional football he encountered when he relocated to India from Britain in the early 1990s was "amateurish" and held back by the government-controlled Sports Authority of India and the AIFF, which administers association football in India and controls the top-tier I-League.
For all the pomp and circumstance and to- tier talent I can say with absolute certainty that is was the most disappointing event I have ever attended.
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There has been some talk about Bangladesh dropping down as part of a two-tier Test system and I favour that, but only with a top tier of nine.
Ranked in a lower tier for efficiency, I might get 97 cents for every dollar I was expecting from Medicare.
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Zerg now has Swarm Hosts as non-Brood Lord tier siege units, but I had a hard time figuring out the best time to use them on offense or defense.
So I use the tier system so you can stay invested for the longer term, but then add cash flow to your portfolio with the right setup by using technical analysis.
Today I am only in tier one SPY as well as long six positions.
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Recently, I visited a second tier city in Western China, called Chengdu, with about 5 million population.
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That was the year that Danny Trevas and I climbed to the top tier for doubles in the Ohio Valley.
Why do I think this next-next tier firm will have a positive impact on the U.S. market for auditing services?
Oil Service ETF (OIH) I would think being in a tier one is prudent after a big run from December.
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All of the trainers I used fell into the "Tier 2" category.
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"I will accept any top-tier candidate's neutrally administered aptitude challenge that assesses the mental, physical and ethical qualities of leadership, " Mr. Lawman said in a campaign statement.
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Interesting announcement but regardless of innovation without carrier subsidies it is not going to go anywhere in the US, and I would imagine most of the Tier 1s are holding them back for the iPhone 5.
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Again, as I said last time, I am talking about expert, top tier travel agents.
But I'd say that the second tier candidates actually were able to finally have a voice here.
The lack of exposure and a reduced budget makes it harder for smaller Division I athletic programs to recruit top-tier players and makes it harder to win championships.
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Now I agree there will be excitement for top-tier IPOs like Facebook, Zynga and perhaps Twitter.
The real challenge is to make the next tier down do well too, and that's what I am particularly proud of here.
After leaving Jiangsu Province, I had an opportunity to visit the equivalent of another Tier 3 city, this time in neighboring Zhejiang.
And even though hoteliers complain that business is down and whisper about some hotels being on the block, when I was there in July, most in the top tier were sold out.
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So you have a two-tier financial system, and then you have a series of issues that I would put in a general label of market infrastructure--and this includes some really difficult issues: Accounting is a matter of great controversy.
Like I mentioned above, it is FSLR and then all other players as second tier.
The one that caught my attention is YOGI, which I believe is unrelated to both the bear of the same name and a top tier yoga practitioner.
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So, when a member called up asking how Northern Tier Energy L.P. ( NTI) could have such a high indicated yield, I was admittedly perplexed.
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