Also, as I mentioned last Friday, Royal Bank of Scotland has what is known as contingent capital, or a contractual arrangement with the Treasury that it can call on taxpayers again for capital in a crisis - and this contingent capital should in some ways be seen by regulators as helping RBS to meet the new capital requirements (because future taxpayer help is guaranteed).
When managers know that they may have to call on the capital markets to finance bids or fend them off it can have a sobering effect on their behaviour.
David and I were actually together in the capital when the call came in on Monday basically telling us what had transpired about the allegations of the governor, and we were in shock.
Cohen has not been charged with any wrongdoing but SAC Capital acknowledged in a conference call on Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pondering a civil suit against the hedge fund.
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Mr Clark reiterated the chambers' call for increased capital spending on infrastructure projects in transport, energy generation and transmission.
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But you may not realize that the payback on your equity capital what economists call the imputed rent is also scot-free.
The bank's chief executive, Peter Sands, said on a conference call that the capital raising would help the bank pursue "significant opportunities" in its markets.
Britain wanted the right "to impose higher capital requirements on certain institutions to reflect the potential call on U.K. taxpayers of the U.K.'s large and international financial sector, " the paper said.
Buffett then reiterated his call to raise the tax rate on capital gains, which would increase the income-tax rate paid by the wealthy.
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" His call: When federal tax rates on income, dividend and capital gains rise in January "the train goes off the tracks.
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn and his Greenlight Capital will host a conference call and webcast Feb. 21 to discuss their thoughts on how Apple should use some of its cash.
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Why didn't the committee call representatives of ACA Capital Management and German bank IKB, the alleged victims on the other side of Mr. Paulson's bet?
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Hashim is firm on where he doesn't want to risk his capital, namely in industries where government regulators call the shots.
So what we did for what I call the magic formula in the book is, we rank all companies based on their return on capital and we also rank all companies based on how cheaply we can buy them relative to their earnings.
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