Hedge funds could short financial stocks and then bid down the prices of CDOs stuck on Wall Street's balance sheets.

对冲基金可以在股价大跌时抛光股票，然后压低华尔街资产负债表上的债务抵押债券价格。

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If Unilever made an 850p-a-share cash offer for Cadbury, it would have a net debt to earnings ratio of 2.8 times, "better than Kraft's balance sheet before it bid," he said.

如果联合利华向吉百利提出每股850便士的报价，它的净债额将达到纯收入的2.8倍，“比卡夫报价前的资产负债表状况还好”，他说。

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If a metro company wins the bid, it should pay the balance-the left part when the bid subtracts the added land value which is obtained from the prediction of metro operation.

若地铁企业竞得土地，以招拍挂地价减去地铁开通预期带来的地价增值后的余额缴纳地价。

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About 100 more jobs could be lost at Herefordshire Council in a bid to balance the authority's budget.

BBC: Herefordshire Council cuts: More jobs could go

Merkel and her coalition partners hadn't reneged on their tax-cutting campaign promises and raised VAT and other taxes in a bid to stay close to budget balance.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Europe's Phony Growth Debate

This is where the Fed switches from buying short-term Treasury securities to buying long-term ones in a bid to push down long-term yields without increasing its balance sheet.

FORBES: Analysts: Euro Seen Holding Ground Or Edging Higher Against Dollar In Fourth Quarter