Selling, general, and administrative expenses as well as manufacturing fixed costs were kept well under control, while the quarter was burdened by temporary inefficiencies related to the volume drop and an inventory reduction.
JPMorgan Chase ( JPM - news - people ) is offering a 5.25% 30-year fixed mortgage as well as a 4.5% 15-year fixed mortgage.
Citigroup ( C - news - people ), is offering 5.375% or 5.25% for a 30-year fixed mortgage as well as 4.75% or 4.625% on a 15-year fixed mortgage depending on assumptions and assuming that the person has a good credit score.
You are already so well fixed in life that you can afford to alienate potential clients?
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And the net has to take account of the fixed costs as well as the marginal ones.
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Steinmetz warns of not overpaying for Brazilian equities, and tells foreign investors to look at fixed income as well.
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While many Member States have their own taping requirements, which can apply to fixed lines as well as mobile phones, regimes differ significantly across the European Union (EU).
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But Kent questions whether they make sense when a family doesn't need insurance--that is, when an estate is liquid enough to pay any estate taxes, and the children are grown up and the spouse well fixed.
For while we may well have fixed abstraction of resources, we also have technological advance.
Exports have held up well, fixed-asset investment and retail sales have been strong and credit growth has accelerated.
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If you have fixed liabilities not doing well on the asset side of your book, that is fatal.
Luckily this was fixed using the now well-known junction workaround.
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After that, the issuer must give you 45 days notice of a proposed fixed rate hike as well as the ability to opt out of the deal.
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Kozhemiakin, like most international fund managers, is convinced emerging markets is not only the growth story for investors, but quickly becoming an alternative safe haven for fixed income investors as well.
ETPs are now available for a wide range of equity asset classes, sub-classes, styles and sectors as well as fixed-income, commodity and foreign currency categories on a long and short basis.
Investors of any age who are concerned about diversification but who lack the means to invest in multiple funds simultaneously can always turn to target-date funds, most of which are "funds of funds" that include a blend of domestic and foreign equities, as well as fixed-income holdings.
The fates of the three Caston brothers may well have been fixed at their births.
Well, the fixed-income sector and muni markets rallied some 10% these past months.
We argue that the production of oranges and lemons was associated with a strong international demand as well as substantial fixed costs during the late 1800s.
"We have such a fantastic record" improving safety globally that airlines and governments are tempted to say, "look how well we have fixed it, we're done now, " he said.
That manipulated, pegged, or fixed-rate system worked well in the early postwar years when there was apparently an unlimited demand for dollar reserves, which we were happy to provide to the world in the form of external deficits.
In this scenario, investments that focus on income generation such as bonds tend to do well as the fixed payment streams that are delivered to investors are worth more, while more growth-oriented investments are negatively impacted by slower growth.
Carriers have argued (lied, frankly) that such penalties are necessary due to network congestion or financial well being, despite the fact that flat-rate pricing has been perfectly profitable, the costs of delivering broadband continue to plummet, and most well-run fixed-line networks experience limited to no substantive congestion.
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But with NTL due to change its name to Virgin Media next year, NTL also has UK commercial broadcaster ITV in its sights as a takeover target, part of its plans to offer television as well as broadband, fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services.
Decelerating growth with increasing fixed and variable costs does not bode well for future profitability.
This, coupled with fixed income exposure, served the fund well over 2011 relative to broader equity indices.
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And if you stand in line at some government office and nobody seems to be paying any attention to you, well, that needs to be fixed.
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He took with him the Harvard heads of domestic and international fixed income and both their staffs, as well as the chief risk officer, chief technology officer and chief operating officer.
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