First, the use of leverage to reach for yield can be destructive of values.
Will leveling the playing field stop takeovers and use of leverage?
In the new version, the use of leverage means the game is being played with hundreds of packs of cards and by thousands of different players.
How can pensions and consultants be confident about use of leverage when they may not even know who the managers are or what assets they are invested in?
Another report, prepared by former CIA director John Deutch, also concluded that the US "is not making optimal use of its economic leverage in combating proliferation".
The falling of Glass-Steagall under Bill Clinton, the use of vastly increased leverage by the investment banks really transformed them into nothing more than casinos with 2 or 3 percent capital backing up their trades.
Mortgage REITs buy the riskiest types of debt, use leverage to do it, and are often rife with conflicts of interest.
But we are on the lookout for excessive use of these types of pay mechanisms and too much leverage.
The report accused the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health of failing to use their leverage in the market to secure the best possible deal for taxpayers.
Recently the German government restricted the amount of leverage investors can use in their film investments.
Chapter 11 also allows a company to reject unprofitable leases and supply agreements or use the threat of such rejection as leverage to obtain financial concessions from lessors and other counterparties.
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Right now, Apple's use of Fire Wire connection technology is its leverage.
The worry is exacerbated by the high leverage (ie, use of borrowed money) of many hedge funds: this boosts returns on good days but magnifies losses too.
Managers began to use less internal leverage following the infamous blowup of the Long Term Capital Management hedge fund in 1999, although that has been edging back up in recent years.
The league wants stronger evidence to use as leverage before attempting to talk to any of the players.
We're sitting on lots of cash and little debt and can use financial leverage to fatten up things we think are attractive.
As a hedge fund, Capella has the ability to short stocks and can also use leverage, normally a modest 20% of the fund's capital.
"We continue to leverage the capabilities of smartphones, and use innovative ways of making banking more convenient for our customers, " said Niti Badarinath, senior vice president and leader of U.S. Bank's mobile banking channel.
So instead of charging for their service, Instagram decided to get the biggest base of users it could, use its massive membership as leverage to sell itself, and then let the buyer (in this case Facebook) figure out how to make money.
The NFL does not see trust when they read comments in the media about the negotiations and see the union going to Congress to try to leverage their celebrity for potential use in the event of a lockout.
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Once you have a handful of clear, high-leverage strategies, you can use them as a filter to decide what to do.
Japanese investors holding Brazil debt through Toshin funds are long term investors who do not use leverage and are in no rush to liquidate in times of economic crisis.
Global Witness calls on the oil companies and the commercial banks that deal with Angola to use their leverage to demand greater accountability and openness in the use of the country's money.
With a good solution, bank representatives should be able to leverage the powerful capabilities of CRM through tools and devices they already use every day, like Microsoft Outlook or a mobile phone.
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After all, loans remain one of the few asset classes that offer retail investors relatively wide distributions, with open-end funds paying yields of 4.5-5% and closed-end funds that use leverage paying 6-7%.
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Understanding what you are willing to accept or use as leverage to gain what you really want promotes the process and increases your level of satisfaction.
On the issues we care about, we want to use our full ability to leverage the change we want to see and, in a lot of ways, expect.
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The effect of this new provision, which was strongly pushed by the NFL in its negotiations with the NFLPA, is to create a couple of advantages for NFL teams: (1) the Tag numbers will be lower, pulling from a more dated pool of numbers, and (2) teams can now use the Tag designation as a greater leverage point in negotiations that is stronger than it was previously.
If traders are given licence to use leverage to buy into rising asset markets, then the trading division should be charged a cost of capital high enough to reflect the risks involved.
Adding vitamins and supplements can give companies more leverage when negotiating with retail pharmacies that have consolidated, as well as opportunities to make more efficient use of distribution and supply chains.
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