Business buzzwords

The seven categories of variables used in the ..... stock valuation system are momentum, quality, value, financial strength, forecasted earnings, performance, and volume.

Similar to other restrictive provisions contained in bond indentures, a net revenue ..... serves to make the bond issue less risky for bondholders: since it forces the government to use revenue from its debt-financed projects to pay debt service costs first, bondholders enjoy a reduced risk of default.

A third of first-time home buyers may cut their offer at the last minute, forcing the seller to take less or find a new buyer; "In total, 31% would consider '.....', reflecting first-time buyers' new-found confidence in a slowing market," says a Yorkshire Bank.

Smaller swings in the Dow Jones industrial average in the current quarter, compared to the swings of last quarter, will trigger stock market trading ..... under the NYSE's quarterly revision of the levels; the Big Board's new circuit-breaker and trading-collar trigger levels go into effect Monday, Oct. 1.

Marty Lipton and Joseph Flom's first big tender fight was the $84 million Colt (Flom) takeover of Garlock (Lipton), where the term 'Saturday Night .....' was coined to describe Colt's lightning raid.

..... option is an option that has the ability to change its structure, should certain pre-determined terms of the contract be met: an example would be a put option that automatically changes into an identical call option after the price of the underlying exceeds a certain price.

There are losses because of the lost opportunities when a ..... deal just doesn't make it through; some of the common causes stem from the areas of under-funded pension plans or tax liabilities that may have originated from a prior restructuring of the target company or prior acquisition.

I am therefore pleased to report that the second half did indeed show a solid improvement; we managed to more than reverse the first half loss and remain on ..... for the trading performance to continue along this trend.

..... capitalists mitigate the risk of investing by developing a portfolio of young companies in a single fund.

Life expectancy for men aged 60 is more than five years' longer in 2005 than it was anticipated to be in mortality projections made in the 1980s, and this problem threatens the solvency of the life and pensions industries; the amounts exposed to ..... risk in the UK pensions industry alone are estimated to be 2,520 billion.