Business buzzwords

Because ..... points are largely subjective, they will vary widely among investors; if an investor has a lower required rate of return, he or she will likely pay more for the same security than a person with a higher required rate of return.

In another move towards making itself a financial center, north China's port city of Tianjin has applied to the State Council to establish an ..... market rather than a third stock exchange for the Chinese mainland.

Request a copy of the decedent's credit report and request that the report be flagged with a deceased .....: this should ensure that no fraudulent accounts are opened.

After an aggressive run, the markets gave up some of their gains Thursday to profit ....., which was not unexpected.

Basically, ..... public (or participating in an IPO) is the process in which a business owned by one or several individuals is converted into a business owned by many.

Should the U.S. stock market rally falter, some analysts may try to blame it on the ..... spread, which measures the gap between the prices of U.S. Treasury bills and Eurodollar deposits; this has lately been at its lowest level ever, and that, to some, is an ill omen for interest rates and share prices.

We believe that owner/managers are the best valuators of their business, so when one is willing to trigger a ..... clause, the best indication of value has been given - an insider has declared his price, and we're ready to respond quickly: we can close transactions in less than 5 days of first making contact.

Prudential's new chief executive Mark Tucker is to receive a ..... hello of almost 500,000; Tucker, who was poached from his position as finance director at retail bank HBOS earlier this year, will be paid a special guaranteed bonus of 475,000, which the Prudential declared is a 'one-off'.

It appeared that Old Mutual had fallen prey to a bear ....., where short sellers had entered the market for Old Mutual shares and had closed out their positions early this week; Poole said, "The market reacted very badly to our announcement, and we take losing 10 % of our price seriously."

High valuation means a bigger potential price fall for a ..... stock.