Because if you were, you know, an AAA-rated corporation, you didn't have any problem borrowing money.
That used to be true for everyone except those who had an AAA credit rating.
In the eurozone, only Germany still has an AAA rating from all three major ratings agencies.
Titles that may not appeal to an AAA publishing studio can be efficiently and effectively funded through programs like Kickstarter.
Triaxx hit the market in 2006 as an AAA-rated security that was reportedly sold to investors as having little subprime exposure.
Secondly, because they changed the contracts so that even if you do have an AAA you still need to post collateral.
Its government, with an AAA rating, is currently paying more than 4.5%.
Information must also be accurate as the credit-rating debacle shows: an AAA rating is harmful rather than helpful if it describes a CCC asset.
If a muni gets insurance, it automatically receives an aaa rating.
Under the CDS contracts of the time someone with an AAA rating only had to pay out on a CDS contract if a credit event occurred.
Because for there to be enough money for the deficit nations to borrow cheaply, there must be an AAA rating and a 30% cash-to-loan deposit, as I understand it.
He talked of the "structural advantages" of investing a big endowment backed by an AAA-rated university, such as allowing you to borrow at low rates when making leveraged bets.
If you buy dinner from a three-star Michelin restaurant you can be confident of getting a good meal, but today if you buy a bond from an AAA-rated borrower you can be rather less sure of getting your money back.
So, as I said yesterday, the eurozone's leaders have an uncomfortable choice between maintaining the EFSF's current resources - deemed as meagre by many - at the new lower AA plus rating, and finally giving up on the idea of leveraging or boosting the fund (because that kind of financial engineering is harder in the absence of an AAA).
Pennsylvania returned a wedding ring to a man, using an expired AAA membership card attached to a key ring found with the wedding band.
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As of Thursday, a 5 year AAA corporate bond has an interest rate of 1.21% and a 5 year AAA muni bond has an interest rate of 0.93%.
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Virtually all of the investment securities owned by Annaly are issued and guaranteed by U.S. Government Agencies and carry an actual or implied AAA rating.
Before the crisis, the Basel rules provided an incentive to create AAA-rated securities (such as the infamous structured products linked to subprime mortgages), since they carried a low capital charge for banks.
An ultrasound, however, turned up a more serious condition: an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
An ultrasound, however, turned up a more serious condition:an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
The rules created an incentive for banks to hold AAA-rated securities, which require less capital to be held against them.
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His problem (to make another unbelievably obvious point) is that he is not a banker, although he is currently working as an adviser to Canada's AAA rated TD Bank.
The chip music and soundcard era was mostly coming to an end in so-called AAA games development, ushering in the era of streamed music allowing the playback of any recorded music, which is something taken for granted now.
Problem is you guys force cows to eat corn instead of grass, I even remember as a kid during my first vacations in the US when some waitress at an upscale restaurant was bragging about their AAA grade corn-feed beef steak, which was only slightly less chewy than leather.
He has worked as a Certified Financial Planner, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and an arbitrator for the NASD, NYSE and AAA. George is approved by the Florida Licensing Education Section to instruct life, health and variable annuity courses.
All proceeds from the tournament will be given to l'Afrique Aide l'Afrique (AAA - Africa Supports Africa), an organisation that groups together 47 of Africa's 53 states.
Those who play on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 might rankle at the legions of new casual gamers upending an industry traditionally focused on big-budget, AAA titles.
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When in doubt, the AAA advises motorists have their vehicles thoroughly checked out by an automotive technician and have any necessary repairs or maintenance procedures performed before hitting the road.
For there are an awfully large number of Treasury owners out there who are only allowed to own AAA assets.
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