Not exact matches
As part
of this transaction, Macy's, Inc. will receive a total
of $ 30 million ($ 27 million
of consideration and a $ 3 million
contribution for certain improvements), as well as upside participation in the
ultimate value creation associated with the conversion
of the upper floors to office space.
Finally, GM's quick repayment
of the loans has whetted the appetite
of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the
ultimate repayment
of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance
of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market
value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost
of its written - off
contributions and creating a budgetary gain).
His theory
of contributionism holds that the
ultimate value of human life is in the
contribution it makes to God.
He boldly states, «I hold that the
ultimate value of human life, or
of anything else, consists entirely in the
contribution it makes to the divine life» (WM 118).
The human species currently consists
of some six billion individuals spread around the globe in millions
of groups large and small, all focused on their own affairs without much concept
of any
ultimate goal, or the
value of their
contribution.