noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sound investment
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Property is usually a sound investment.
an investment boom
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the investment boom of the past few years
an investment fund (= for buying shares, property, etc in order to make a profit )
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The building is currently owned by Argo Partnership, a Toronto-based investment fund.
an investment/merchant bank (= one that buys and sells stocks and shares etc )
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Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank
ethical investment (= investing only in businesses that are considered morally acceptable )
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ethical investment policies
foreign investment/trade etc
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Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods.
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our budget for foreign aid financial help to countries in need
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the Chinese Foreign Minister
investment bank
investment club
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O'Hara belongs to an investment club in Detroit.
investment income (= income from investments )
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You will be taxed on your investment income.
investment/financial/business analyst
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Cleary has been working as a computer analyst in Winchester.
inward investment
long-term loan/investment
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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The ecological market determines when plants and animals should make the biggest investment of all: to reproduce.
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For refiners, it required a big capital investment in new equipment.
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The big surge in investment has been possible only because of the liberalisation policies pursued by the Government.
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What also backfired were big investments in pitchers Sean Bergman and Fernando Valenzuela.
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Under the country's voucher-privatisation system, the majority of the company's shares were acquired by seven big investment funds.
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It represents the biggest single investment made in the country since New Delhi began free-market reforms in July 1991.
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Smith Barney still lags its six biggest rivals in investment banking -- Merrill Lynch&038;.
capital
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This is 15 percent of all capital investment and double the figure five years ago.
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The ideal situation would be to recover the capital investment and the production costs and still make a reasonable profit.
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The railways stimulated capital investment , entrepreneurial adventure, and the money market.
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Deductions for capital investments in new equipment and facilities would be immediate, instead of spread out over time.
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He also listed the capital investments that have been made to improve health care in his constituency.
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Mr Kobrick said semiconductor stocks are especially risky because chip production requires heavy capital investment .
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The state networks received more capital investment .
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Major capital investments are being made to build an ReD infrastructure in these industries.
chief
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Katherine Garrett-Cox became chief investment officer at Aberdeen Asset Management only last month.
direct
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Both offer a choice of direct equity investment and unit trust investment up to the maximum £2,400.
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He pointed to a lag in technology as a factor against such direct investment .
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They became less willing to transfer capital to the most troubled borrowers by the conventional means of foreign direct investment .
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In the 1990s such investment has grown more quickly than direct investment.
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In principle, direct investment brings with it better management, improved technology, and marketing expertise.
foreign
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Contractual undertakings on environmental protection should be included in privatisation programmes and other foreign investment projects.
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Total direct foreign investment grew to $ 2 billion in 1995 from about $ 1 billion in 1994.
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This reduces the magnitude of local value added, a key measure of the benefit of foreign investment .
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Brokers said they see an even bigger trading year for 1996 as foreign investment rises.
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Articles were amended to encourage the development of the private sector and increased foreign investment .
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He and other analysts figure that formation of a stable government would draw in more foreign investment , buoying the market.
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Domestic and foreign investment would be treated equally.
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Nor had large foreign investments , promised by the pragmatists, materialized.
good
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Is not that the best investment that we can make in the long-term future for that troubled area?
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A good investment , it seems, but a tough one for accountants to grapple with.
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With regard to second-hand values, a good pipe organ is a better investment than an electronic instrument.
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Hank told me this car was a good investment .
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In popular mythology, gold is regarded as a good investment .
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A detour to disaster can come disguised as a good business investment .
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Dividend increases can mean any of the following: 1. Good investment prospects.
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But I believe I made the best investment any of us can make.
inward
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As he said, inward investment is one of the great success stories of the last decade.
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How can one expect inward investment when no assistance is given to our existing industries?
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Ten years ago only 6 percent. of inward investment went to the west midlands.
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It means more doubtful inward investment .
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Now 24 percent. of inward investment goes to the west midlands.
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In the north-west, we will continue to encourage domestic and inward investment and we will not discriminate against it.
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Everyone in the House must want further inward investment and the development that comes with it.
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I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment .
large
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Meanwhile we're impatient for a larger return on investment .
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Rules numbered in the thousands, requiring a large investment in experts' time, rule development, and rule maintenance.
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All of that will be possible by large investment by the Dubai Government.
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Taken altogether, that was not a large investment .
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Similarly large investments are also necessary in electricity generation.
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If we succeed in this goal, the large investment we have made in time and energy will all have been worthwhile.
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We now have the largest investment programme of capital investment in the national health service that we have ever had.
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The Military Assistance Program of 1949 was, obviously, only a small down payment on a large long-term investment .
major
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Electrification continued apace during the decade with the major investment on the East Coast main line and in East Anglia.
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Do major infrastructure investments count as current expenditures?
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These companies and others, such as the Sun Fire Office, through their accumulated resources became major sources of investment .
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It would have required a major financial investment , with some risk, that few companies would be willing to make.
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Production values are extremely high and many of the discs include major investments in cartoon animation and stills photography.
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In many of the large public sector industries, major investments in ReD are a relatively new phenomenon.
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The second major influence on investment demand is age.
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All major investment projects under construction or planned would be reconsidered in the light of possible risks to the environment.
minimum
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But Earl Shilton would have insisted on a minimum £1,000 investment for non-locals.
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Janus also raised its minimum investment for individual retirement accounts to $ 500 from $ 250.
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The minimum investment is £100, with a maximum of £20,000.
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There is no minimum investment and switching is available at no dealing cost.
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The minimum investment in these accounts is often as low as £2,500-sometimes even less.
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Taylor-Young Investment Management accepts minimum investments of £50,000 for its unit and investment trust service and £100,000 for a wider portfolio.
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The minimum investment is set at £500 with an initial charge of 5 percent plus an annual fee of 1 percent.
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Both require a minimum investment of £1, give instant access and include gifts.
new
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In the 1980s the Chancellor reduced the rate of corporation tax companies paid but also reduced the allowances on new investment .
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Fidelity Investments is hoping to cash in on some of this traffic by offering three new unit investment trusts.
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The proceeds from the disposals will be used to reduce Group borrowings and support new investment .
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Co., a New York investment firm.
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Most managers have not viewed these new areas of investment with great enthusiasm.
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It also hired 16 new investment companies.
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In addition security and replacement costs restricted operations and new investment .
private
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This was not really so bad. Private investment had been what governments had been doing anyway.
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The key to making it work, however, remains private investment .
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I have continued to put in personal investment and I have private sector investment too.
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It sought to use federal resources and authority to support private investments that would contribute to local economic development.
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In essence I proposed that rather than having public investment we should substitute private investment without any Government guarantee.
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Indeed, for many municipalities a concern with cost containment and with stimulating private investment became a practical necessity.
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I was not alone in wanting to get private investment into public-sector industries.
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A series of measures-such as' Competition Credit Controlwere introduced to encourage investment and reduce regulatory controls on private sector investment decisions.
public
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Within six months we will review the roads programme and mobilise private capital for large-scale public transport investment .
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The relationship between public investment and private development is important in considering how a canal would be financed.
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Increased public investment is essential to economic recovery.
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But there still remained immensely powerful ministers who led the fight for increased public investment and spending measures to cut unemployment.
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An attempt to observe whether or not public investment leverages private investment has therefore been inconclusive.
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They suggested a public investment programme which could be planned ahead to counteract the fall in private investment during a slump.
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This is a totally new approach to public investment .
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It asks whether there is any clear spatial relationship between need and public investment .
substantial
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And, given that an average presentation may require 20 to 30 of these, that represents a substantial investment .
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Rather, Siemens is convinced that it can profit directly from even substantial investments in youth.
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They cost a great amount of money and represent substantial investments to the organizations or people sponsoring them.
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Business made a substantial investment in the Republican Party in the recent election.
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However, the carousels are a substantial capital investment .
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The aim, therefore, was to attract substantial foreign investment .
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The Government have made a substantial investment towards the cost of improving the A4059 at Aberdare and Abercynon.
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They were shown results of the substantial capital investment programme.
total
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You could end up losing your total investment .
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Their total investment had been about one thousand dollars.
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His team went further in hoping that only a quarter of total investment would remain in private hands.
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No more than 10 percent of total investment to be tied up in any one company. 2.
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Holdings of unlisted shares must not account for more than 15 percent of total investment .
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The agreement includes a $ 4.4 million equity stake that raises Verio's total financial investment in NorthPoint to $ 10.0 million.
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analyst
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After studying accountancy at Chicago University, he worked on and off as an investment analyst .
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That is an opportunity cost just like investment analysts view opportunity costs.
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Unusually, he is not an investment analyst , but a former history teacher.
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Henry Kaufman, the economist and investment analyst , might be expected to welcome the trend.
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Mr Stefan Abrams, an investment analyst at Kidder Peabody, thinks earnings will start rising again in the second quarter.
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The balance sheet that would be most useful to an investment analyst would be the market value balance sheet.
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In the bottom-up approach, investment analysts produce earnings forecasts on the basis of detailed research into the firm's activities.
bank
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Companies had long been the domain of commercial bankers and the corporate finance and equity departments of investment banks .
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Fortunately, the investment banks have managed to gain control of the dividends of only big and new companies.
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But Kleinwort Benson, an investment bank , has done a spot of detective work.
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Anne Heche plays Alex, a beautiful woman who works in a disreputable investment bank .
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However, a variety of other devices for similar purposes were also being developed, notably the investment bank or banque d'affaires.
banker
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Meanwhile, the corporate-finance deals that had been generating big bucks for Wall Street's investment bankers were starting to dry up.
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Last year, it retained investment bankers and disclosed it was considering an initial public offering of stock.
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The idea, cooked up by investment bankers , is to split into two new entities.
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It was a headhunter who found Sir John Riddell, a successful investment banker in his early fifties.
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In most cases the trustee is a commercial bank or investment banker .
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After all, their brokers and investment bankers win business by being optimists, not pessimists.
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Imagine if Wolfe had written a novel in which an investment banker runs over a middle-aged steelworker.
business
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Offshore investment business still relies on a large number of insurance products, some of which are complicated arrangements.
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But also, I had dreamed of having my own investment business for at least a decade.
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Members working in the reserved areas of audit, investment business and insolvency.
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Under consideration are transactions entered into in the course of carrying on unauthorised investment business .
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Full employee ownership of shares is an unsettling prospect for those in the investment business .
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Section 4 makes it an offence to carry on investment business in contravention of section 3.
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A major review was undertaken of the Society's regulatory functions including practising certificates, accountant's reports and investment business certificates.
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The Solicitors' Investment Business Rules apply to multi-national practices with investment business certificates.
company
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Newco will usually be acquiring a trade and will therefore be a trading company rather than an investment company from the outset.
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It also hired 16 new investment companies .
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The Group also holds an interest in an associate, Methodplan Limited, a finance and investment Company .
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The practice allows the investment companies to show what they are doing with their customers' money.
decision
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The returns from the two investment decisions are equal; hence we may write, this reduces to, hence,.
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Impact of investment decisions on science and technology takes a relatively long time to show up.
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Connolly likes the manager's size and research facilities, which help it to make better investment decisions .
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But a low capital-gains rate leads to investment decisions based on expectations of tax avoidance rather than productive efficiency.
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This can have a marked effect on any investment decision .
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A series of measures-such as' Competition Credit Controlwere introduced to encourage investment and reduce regulatory controls on private sector investment decisions .
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Moreover, regulators will not help you if your losses are a result of a poor or unlucky investment decision .
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We can now see how pricing and investment decisions are interconnected.
firm
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Substantial numbers of actuaries are also employed in specialist investment firms , in industry, in Government service and in general insurance.
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Partners, a Los Angeles-based investment firm , for $ 225 million in cash.
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Isaly, a New York investment firm .
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An investment firm wins the bond award by bidding the lowest interest rate to the county.
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As the old legal barriers fell, many investment firms became more like banks.
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The new owner is an international investment firm .
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They moved back and forth between government, law and investment firms , and the foundations.
funds
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Although the under-18s can not trade shares themselves, adults can buy stakes in collective investment funds on their behalf.
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Island authorities are keen to take advantage of their position as a self-governing Crown protectorate to attract offshore investment funds .
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Proponents argued that bonds represented the only source of investment funds for many small companies.
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The use of linear programming as an aid to decision making when allocating scarce investment funds has been widely advocated.
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Even insider-trading accusations against brokerages and managers of investment funds haven't hurt stocks' appeal.
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In a competitive environment, Bristol is already well-positioned to attract new investment funds .
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The vouchers may be pooled in investment funds or exchanged for shares in privatized firms.
income
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Sun Fire around 1800 had an investment income of £30,000 perannum compared with underwriting profits of £12,000.
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It is deductible only to the extent that you earn investment income .
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About a third of these costs are met by the Church Commissioners, who generated investment income of £140.8 million in 1989.
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Individuals would not pay taxes on interest or investment income , and businesses could not deduct the cost of fringe benefits.
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The remainder will be treated as investment income , which is liable to tax.
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At that depressing time, you would not want your investment income to fall as well.
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A flat tax, which eliminated tax on investment income , might.
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His plan would tax interest and other investment income at the same 16 percent.
officer
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Katherine Garrett-Cox became chief investment officer at Aberdeen Asset Management only last month.
opportunity
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You should, therefore, act now to take advantage of a unique investment opportunity .
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So why would Amencans look across their borders for investment opportunities ?
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As interest rates continue to fall around the world, bonds could well prove to be the investment opportunity of the 1990s.
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This isn't just another investment opportunity for me, you see, Miss Williams.
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Every time he speaks to a colleague, a team-member or a customer, he is seizing an investment opportunity .
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Superb investment opportunity for the future.
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Volkswagen has seized an investment opportunity by buying Skoda, and other Western car manufacturers are setting up Western-style dealerships.
programme
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The enormous investment programme is precisely what makes the industry exciting to City investors, since it underpins rising revenues.
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The studies would be followed by an investment programme , estimated at some dollars 500,000,000.
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The capital increase is to help speed the investment programme and to achieve Olivetti's growth targets.
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Will he now start an emergency investment programme ?
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Alongside a programme of raising skill levels is the need to dovetail an investment programme.
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We now have the largest investment programme of capital investment in the national health service that we have ever had.
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Will the Treasury guarantee the long term investment programme and not require an eight percent return from Railtrack on such investment?
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In addition, in order to fund the water industry's capital investment programme , a complex system of price regulation was announced.
trust
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As this century has advanced, so investment trusts have developed to embrace more direct investment in the shares of other companies.
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Fidelity Investments is hoping to cash in on some of this traffic by offering three new unit investment trusts .
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As Fig. 4.4 shows, the assets of investment trusts are overwhelmingly company securities; there are very few government securities.
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Until 1984 the only way to buy shares in investment trusts was through a stockbroker.
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Taylor-Young Investment Management accepts minimum investments of £50,000 for its unit and investment trust service and £100,000 for a wider portfolio.
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They are bought through a stockbroker in the same way as ordinary investment trust shares.
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attract
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Mr Major bragged about his opt-out from the social chapter, saying that it would attract foreign investment from Britain's neighbours.
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Its report said countries that have reformed most vigorously have recovered from recession more rapidly and attracted more investment .
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It hopes to attract foreign investment and technology by liberalising and privatising the industry and encouraging joint ventures.
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New economic reforms were put on hold, although efforts to attract foreign investment and push forward with the modernization drive continued.
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If it works, it will attract foreign investment .
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We will continue to support all parts of the United Kingdom in their campaigns to attract inward investment .
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That is what attracts investment from abroad and makes it profitable for domestic industry to invest as well.
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The aim, therefore, was to attract substantial foreign investment .
encourage
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If these measures had been designed to encourage investment , or to create jobs, they would at least have restored economic growth.
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In this framework, policies that encourage investment are good; policies that make investment less profitable are bad.
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Other hoped-for measures include tax breaks for industry to encourage investment and more cash for building projects.
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The federal government creates these funny situations with tax breaks to encourage investment .
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It was designed to use preferential interest rates to encourage investment in manufacturing, tourism, mining and agriculture.
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A series of measures-such as' Competition Credit Controlwere introduced to encourage investment and reduce regulatory controls on private sector investment decisions.
increase
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The gain was mostly because of increased income from investment management and trust services.
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There has tended to be an increase in confidence within IIAs, although this has rarely been matched by increasing private-sector investment .
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But the amount of available time, unlike money, can not be increased by wise investment or hard work.
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Water charges will be required to increase to meet these investment needs whatever option is chosen.
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DRIPs let shareholders increase their investment by taking dividends in stock or by purchasing additional shares straight from the company.
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It is a private university, heavily dependent on a vast endowment created by private donations and increased by shrewd investment .
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Unfortunately, we have witnessed the consequences of increasing reliance on foreign investment .
make
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Only large record companies had access to sufficient finance to make that kind of investment .
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That could make bonds safer investments than stocks in the medium-to-long-term.
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Most have either made sensible investments or have bought what they wanted and could afford.
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But let me tell you, I believe I made the best investment any of us can make.
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The use of linear programming as an aid to decision making when allocating scarce investment funds has been widely advocated.
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The Communists made massive investments that did not pay off because of a poor incentive structure.
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These are the companies which made heavy investment in the electronic transmitter cells which now cover 90 percent of the country.
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And critics doubt many counties would make such an investment .
require
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Rate of return: Here, the rate of return is the minimum that you require from an investment .
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Rules numbered in the thousands, requiring a large investment in experts' time, rule development, and rule maintenance.
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It requires investment in good governance and tackling petty corruption.
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For refiners, it required a big capital investment in new equipment.
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However, all these initiatives require heavy investment at a time when economies are squeezed by foreign debt repayments.
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Refitting the lines and equipment requires time and huge investments of capital.
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The failure to index depreciation schedules for inflation is devastating for manufacturing and other industries that require long-term investments .
stimulate
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The railways stimulated capital investment , entrepreneurial adventure, and the money market.
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Trouble is, they are the wrong songs: The supply-side view that tax cuts stimulate investment is simply not clearly demonstrated.
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Public investment will modernise services, help business and industry and stimulate private investment.
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Indeed, for many municipalities a concern with cost containment and with stimulating private investment became a practical necessity.
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I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment .
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The key to meeting this challenge was to stimulate private investment in the city.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
offshore banks/companies/investments etc
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A review of offshore banks was also started and was expected to lead to several banks losing their licences to operate.
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All plans are offered with guaranteed clean title in offshore companies.
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For a good ways more, Collymore sailed onward to the offshore banks and then anchored.
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The table below shows the best deals currently available from offshore banks and building societies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A Certificate of Deposit remains one of the safest investments.
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Buying shares in blue-chip companies is always a sound investment .
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exciting investment opportunities
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Foreign investment peaked in November, when overseas investors took advantage of low prices.
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In ten years' time, your investment should be worth four times what it is now.
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Once we have seen an improvement in the company's performance, we will think about further investment .
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Raising kids requires a huge investment of time and energy.
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The Postal Service has made an extremely large investment in automated technology.
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We have the largest investment in microelectronics technology of any company in the world.