Sentences with phrase «taking on the banker»

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Taking on more bank debt wasn't an option either, as bankers would have balked at the amount of debt already on Medport's balance sheet.

When the stock market is hopping, investment bankers often start knocking on the doors offering to take small companies public.

The 39 - year - old former investment banker seems increasingly likely to face Marine Le Pen in a second round on May 7, after the first round which will take place on April 23.

While that gathering took place before last week's stronger employment report, investors will be looking for any hints on whether central bankers were starting to consider a path toward raising interest rates.

The Central banker announced an adjustment in the «size, composition and duration» of the bond - buying program, with a decision to be taken at the next meeting on 6 December.

Investment bankers take 6 percent off the top, and the transaction costs on an IPO can run in the millions.

Last year, a former Goldman banker suspected of taking confidential documents from a source inside the New York Fed agreed to plead guilty, a rare criminal action on Wall Street.

Rajan shows how the individual choices that collectively brought about the economic meltdown — made by bankers, government officials, and ordinary homeowners — were rational responses to a flawed global financial order in which the incentives to take on risk are incredibly out of step with the dangers those risks pose.

Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill.

Also weighing on the dollar was the global economic upswing that has encouraged central bankers in Europe and Asia to take the first steps toward normalizing monetary policy after years of monetary stimulus.

Explaining the relation between the Fed's creation (or destruction) of bank reserves and banks» creation (or destruction) of deposits takes a little effort, not in the least because doing so means confronting the different ways in which economists on one hand and bankers and banking consultants on the other look at the process, and deciding whether the difference is due to substantive disagreement, or mere semantics.

King lets many bankers off too easily here — their excessive leverage and risk - taking were based on flawed assumptions which could easily have been avoided.

Although these innovations are operating on different time scales — MPLs are an immediate consideration, and blockchain - based supply chains could take a few years to mature — wholesale bankers need to get up to speed on each, at an equal degree of urgency.

Inside Erfurt, too many authorities were taking their tax cut, and too much cash ended up, as interest on loans, in the hands of the bankers.

Adelaide Steamship took ownership of Penfolds in 1980 when it bought the broader brewing business of Tooth & Co, but sold it to SA Brewing in 1990 as part of a drawn asset - sale program forced on it by bankers.

The Labour leader, who faces a near - impossible balancing act whenever trade union demonstrations take place, refused to go on the march but gave an address at the end of it in which he promised to tax bankers» bonuses, build 100,000 houses and end the privatisation of the NHS.

But I am ready to take it on, like I've done as attorney general, where I've fought for you against bankers, lobbyists and corruption politicians in both parties.

We need bankers who are willing to take punts and put their necks on the line.

«As attorney general, Andrew Cuomo took on greedy bankers, abusive health insurance companies, and corrupt politicians — Republicans and Democrats.

U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan sentenced Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish banker at Turkey's state - controlled Halkbank, to 32 months in prison on Wednesday after he was found guilty of taking part in a scheme to help Iran evade...

For exmaple, on June 14, Cuomo took a pricey private airplane ride that appears to have been compliments of investment banker Gregg Hymowitz, whose hedge fund firm, EnTrust Capital Inc., has handled his personal and campaign money dating back to his AG days.

Miliband's concept of «stewardship banking» is dismissed by Johnson, who says the bankers Britain needs are «not owlish Polonius figures» but those «who are willing to take punts and put their necks on the line».

If new international rules on bankers» bonuses don't work the Tories reserve the right to take further action, including using the tax system.

A Chinatown community banker is taking on U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez in next year's Democratic Primary.

Director general Richard Lambert said: «A headline - grabbing tax on bankers» bonuses may have populist appeal, but the government needs to take care not to put the UK's financial services sector at a comparative disadvantage internationally.»

The proposed closures are «a redirection of spending,» as the Smithsonian focuses on a few key disciplines, says Lawrence Small, a former investment banker who last year took over as secretary of the 150 - year - old institution.

While American Psycho skewers 1980s Wall Street investment bankers, Kill Your Friends takes on the A&R executives of the 1990s UK music industry.

By taking us on the trail of what he calls «The Package,» a bundle of paper legally bought by a former Wall Street banker - turned - debt collector but subsequently stolen and sold on by unscrupulous «bottom - feeder» debt dealers, we are given rare access to a shadowy demi - monde where ex-cons and former drug dealers rub shoulders with respectable, besuited Wall Street types.

Monitor your statements regularly for mysterious transactions, and seriously consider whether you need additional products before you take a banker's advice on applying for a new credit card or taking out a loan with Wells Fargo.

Your banker is (probably) a bag man for funds of that nature being pushed by the bank; your banker will (probably) take a kickback on some expensive fund they pick out for you.

The central banker also warned against taking comfort in statistics that show, on average, growth in Canadians» assets are vastly outpacing their debts, pointing to other countries whose banks made the «classic mistake» of lending based more on borrowers» assets than their liabilities.

For example, WAMU had a branch right next to the WFC I worked at, and not only were they unprofessional (slacks and polo shirts sitting on chairs compared to our suits standing up all day... I envied that then), it also took me over an hour to set up a free checking account... and the banker I was with couldn't speak decent English.

In fact, the Mortgage Bankers Association's most recent mortgage finance forecast predicts the rates on 30 - year fixed rate mortgages will increase steadily toward the 4.4 % area1 throughout 2017, so many homeowners are acting quickly to take advantage today's low rates before they inch up.

Mr. Flaherty recently made some adjustments to the mortgage rules, designed to soften the rate of mortgage debt Canadians are taking on, though some bankers are arguing the new rules are comparatively toothless.

was business as usual for the BoC, the federal banker finally threw off its neutral position on the economy — a stance taken when political campaigns are in full swing — to offer Canadians and economists a glimpse into where the Bank believes the Canadian economy is heading in the near future.

Believe me if the economy takes a dive, every investment will also, but I'm betting on the bank and I am now the banker.

If you do opt to go this route, be sure to talk to bankers in both Mexico and Canada; there may be institutions that have reciprocal agreements — branches that work together in both countries, hopefully making easier and less expensive to take on this debt, convert the funds, and buy the property.

I was told by my banker it only takes 12 months and they're supposed to graduate you or they're not depending on your payment history my payment history is actually excellent but yet I was told it takes almost 2 months from when the time you graduate you are notified by letter it takes two months after that to receive your deposit back somebody please tell me how long I'm going to have to wait until I get my deposit back or why even graduate I keep getting the same runaround from the bank when I call they tell me the same thing every time I'm almost ready to cut the card in there and just burn them for their money

The banks and bankers took a ton of money out of selling mortgages to buyers and then selling securities based on the mortgages to investors.

While the change was set to go into effect on Jan. 27, because mortgages often take a long time to process, many lenders had already alerted their customers about lower rates, said David Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The real estate agent and mortgage lender want you to buy a house, the car dealer wants to sell you a car, and the banker wants you to take on more debt.

This is because the overseas merchant and its banker may be taking a cut on the transaction.

But according to the American Bankers Association's James Chessen, cardholders have continued to be reluctant to take on more debt than they can quickly repay and show few signs of changing course any time soon.

Greedy Bankers vs The World takes on the mantle of its iPhone predecessor and offers a competitive puzzle - strategy frenzy where cheating and stealing are the order of the day.

Often, when you take out a mortgage, the banker or broker tries to sell you on mortgage insurance.

«After the recent conviction of a number of senior bankers from HBOS back in February this year, one can see that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is beginning to sit up and take real interest and probative action in the goings on in some of the big financial power houses.

Clearly, if you haven't taken this step, you're staking your entire nest egg on the whims of the financial markets much to the glee of stock brokers and bankers across the country.

Like bankers on a balcony, sipping champagne and sneering at a growing crowd of protesters angrily chanting from the gutters below, Verizon has taken to openly giving the finger to the throngs of Americans online desperate to defend net neutrality.

There's a post on Reddit which lays out some evidence that the enemies of cryptocurrencies (the Digital Currency Group, MasterCard, and the world's most prominent bankers) are in fact taking over Bitcoin from the inside by means of this SegWit2x scandal.

«Tomorrow your bankers or wealth managers will coach you throughout your day to take appropriate financial decisions based on a combination of artificial intelligence and transaction and contextual data,» PWC says in a special report on the topic.