To spread the risk and keep some of the kingdom's coffers for other commercial developments.
Capital markets have developed since then to spread the risk among many more borrowers.
But don't count on oil companies building more refineries across the country to spread the risk from hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Since both funds are country-specific, Brown advises that a decent way to spread the risk and capture returns may be to buy T.
One possible factor driving angels' greater diligence is the rise of angel alliances, with individuals banding together to invest in start-ups to spread the risk.
On the other hand, other companies could see an opportunity here to set up similar services, which could spread the risk and give this practice more legitimacy.
Under the law, small businesses' health plans would have to cover a range of required benefits and face pricing rules that spread the risk of costly medical bills.
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"I am 100 percent convinced that if we are going to have comprehensive affordable quality coverage for all and spread the risk amongst the entire population, you have to have individual mandates, " he says.
Unlike his counterparts in Syria, who keep fingers in as many pies as possible to spread the risk and distract the taxman, Mr Samha puts all his energy and earnings into a single trade.
Perhaps, in a time of abundant liquidity, they thought that all the slicing and dicing done by the mortgage industry and its Wall Street allies had spread the risk sufficiently thin that a genuine productivity payoff in finance was at hand and no great upset was in store.
The exchanges are supposed to help spread around the risk, and cost, of coverage.
This year, the team looked at aspirin's effect on the spread of cancer, and found it reduced the risk of secondary spread to the lungs, liver and the brain by "about half".
Dr. PHILOMENA McANDREW (Oncologist): Part of the reason is that we don't have specific targeted therapy that we can use in addition to the chemotherapy, the general chemotherapy that will act to further reduce the risk of spread overtime as well as reduce the risk of a new breast cancer in the other breast.
The spread compensated them for the risk of being landed with unwanted inventory in periods of turbulence.
The spread, which reflects the perceived risk of lending to banks, is usually around half a percentage point.
To make matters worse, regulators wrongly believed that the use of derivatives, and the bundling of property loans into securities, had spread risk evenly throughout the system.
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While the only risk associated with a bull call spread is the net debt incurred by entering the position, there is a considerably higher risk assumed by selling the September 3.50 puts.
While the only risk associated with a bull call spread is the net debt incurred by entering the position, there is a considerably higher risk assumed by selling the January 2012 12.50 puts.
Take, for example, one indicator of the market's appetite for risk, the spread between swaps of fixed- and floating-rate interest payments (see chart).
As these big emerging markets become less risky, the risk spread between them and US Treasurys is tightening.
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It may seem paradoxical that the spread, or risk premium, on bonds of heavily indebted companies almost always declined as interest rates rose.
However, the enthusiasm for the euro could wane if skittish capital markets push the spread of Italian risk premiums over Germany to even higher levels.
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It strengthens evidence that the virus can spread between people, however experts say the risk to the general population remains small.
Among the many uncertainties, will the cholera outbreak spread because of the heavy rain, and the risk that stagnant water will incubate the disease?
If the company bought back enough shares to make a difference, the school trust would be able to spread its risk without having to sell its entire stake in the company.
Many investors are using exchange-traded funds to diversify across the sector and spread their risk, rather than betting on one or two companies.
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