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For the first time since August 2001, the Treasury will attempt to ease the pain for pension funds and insurance companies who need long assets to pay for a growing number of baby boomers.

All of the assets in our portfolio are performing well and offer promise for the future and I continue to be excited about the potential for the group.

Jason Lee

And even within cities you have different dynamics in each asset class.

And as we know, the Indians and the Chinese are buying assets everywhere in the world.

The market is closely watching out for the report as a way of seeing the progress that oil companies and refiners are making in getting their assets back online,

The emerging market dollar denominated debt market is going away, and at the same time there are a lot of invested assets chasing the little yield that is left. More and more of the focus is on which bond will be bought back next.

The Green Party welcomes ... foreign investments that create jobs and bring new technology to New Zealand. What we don't want is asset strippers who buy up iconic businesses and bleed them dry.

The greatest asset people in the 18 to 34 generation have is time.

The information and tips we receive that leads to inmate recoveries is invaluable. It's prohibitive for us to search every probate court record to track down these things down. We don't have the recourses so we rely on information from others. It's not uncommon for an officer of the court to contact us in these situations. But the size of the assets recovered in this case does make it somewhat unusual.

John Novak

The industry's old economics aren't working, and Wilbur brings a fresh perspective to the problem. He's buying many of these assets on the cheap. Everyone is expecting big structural changes.

Ian Craig

These are no-brainer sells. If you talk to the CFO of any airline, they know that they've got assets running underutilized. It's our goal to improve that.

These are attractive assets, and an interest in upstream assets is always valuable,

These investors, who comprise over 60 percent of the equity market, prefer companies to convert business assets into income trusts since they can avoid paying corporate taxes at a 35 percent rate.

Bill Thomas

This is like selling your furniture so you can fix up your house. You are giving away capital assets to fund ongoing expenses and that never ever makes sense.

This has the potential to push prices higher. Gold has always had a traditional role as an asset which holds its value in times of uncertainty.

A key challenge for investors is picking funds whose asset bases haven't become too fat to be handled effectively.

Mark Jones

The idea behind the pledged asset is a way most likely for parents to help their kids get into a home without giving up their savings, ... The choice for the parent is to either give their children the $5,000 or, in this case, keep the $5,000 here at the institution.

Johann Lamont

The idea that an independent Scotland - having separated assets and liabilities from the rest of the U.K. - would expect the rest of the U.K. to be a lender of last resort, and of course be kind to them, doesn't make any sense.

A lot of money is moving toward assets that are at very cheap prices in Japan. That flow of funds is creating a demand for yen and pushing the U.S. dollar's value lower, but that may not be such a bad thing for the U.S. economy.

A great pep band can be a valuable asset to any basketball team. But their hearts have to be into what they are doing. They have to be excited. And the music has to be an upbeat, modern song. If that is the case the pep band is a big boost.

A good employer, whether it's a football franchise or a normal business, takes care of the welfare of their people. In sport your players are your assets and they have to be looked after.

You want to keep assets in place for when you have a recovery. By the time you're in a recession, you have to be making plans for the recovery. It's not like a factory where you can just lock and then reopen the door. There's a lag effect.

You've got a strong asset with monopoly-like characteristics that is not financially burdened with debt so it has a lot of flexibility to grow the business. There's definitely demand for an investment like this. If it's a good price, we'll certainly try and get a stake.

The girls know she will be an asset to the team and she will see a lot of floor time.

Dee Brown

The girls have been working very hard. They all have ran for the past four years and will be tremendous assets for our program.

The eight-slice capability means that you do not sacrifice quality to get an extremely valuable asset that can be transported to a critical patient.

An asset on the surface like this is invaluable. We certainly wouldn't want to prematurely cut them off." ()

You could destroy your 401(k) by buying horrible stocks. It's probably the single biggest asset people have besides their homes. A lot of people shouldn't do it.

John Sexton

You can't predict at any point in a trial where it is or where it's going. We had objectives. We wanted to see the NIT preserved, preserved as a New York asset and wanted to try and create a world where it can become even better than it is.

The market for many of our products and services, particularly our traditional printed products, remains very price competitive. Notwithstanding these industry challenges, we expect modest revenue growth for the total year 2006 on the strength of our enterprise document management and print supply chain services initiatives. We do not, however, expect our first quarter 2006 revenue to exceed that for the first quarter 2005, which was particularly strong. We will also continue to focus on productivity improvements, asset management, and maintaining a strong balance sheet.

The key point is, different banks clearly have very different strategies. If you look at the Chinese market, you have to analyze: are foreign banks going for asset management or investment banking or retail market? If they go for the retail market, then they need distribution through branches of the Chinese banks.

Stuart Rothenberg

The Kerry people have to keep their focus on George W. Bush and attacking the president's policies, particularly on Iraq. To the extent that Bill Clinton suddenly becomes a campaign issue, I don't think that's an asset for the challenger.

Their largest and most prominent funds have not been attractive to investors, so the assets have not flowed their way.