Hybrid security — Hybrid securities , often referred as hybrids , are a broad group of securities that combine the elements of the two broader groups of securities Debt and Equity.Hybrid securities pay a predictable (fixed or floating) rate of return or dividend… … Wikipedia
Plug-in hybrid — The Chevrolet Volt is the first mass production plug in hybrid available in the United States. A plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), plug in hybrid vehicle (PHV), or plug in hybrid is a hybrid vehicle which utilizes rechargeable batteries, or … Wikipedia
SWORD-financing — (Stock and Warrant Off Balance Sheet Research Development) is a special form of financing invented to help young biotech companies access capital to finance their R D via establishing SPE (special purpose entity).Innovation is vital to biotech… … Wikipedia
Mezzanine Financing — A hybrid of debt and equity financing that is typically used to finance the expansion of existing companies. Mezzanine financing is basically debt capital that gives the lender the rights to convert to an ownership or equity interest in the… … Investment dictionary
National Mortgage Crisis of the 1930s — The National Mortgage Crisis of the 1930s was a Depression era crisis in the United States characterized by high default rates and soaring loan to value ratios in the residential housing market. Rapid expansion in the residential non farm housing … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
security — /si kyoor i tee/, n., pl. securities, adj. n. 1. freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety. 2. freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well founded confidence. 3. something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense. 4. freedom from financial… … Universalium
Effects of the 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis on the United States — Main article: Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010 An automobile dealership in Orland, California which closed after General Motors cut ties with it and several hundred other dealers as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring efforts… … Wikipedia