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241. The one-time gain reflected a drop in financing costs after the conversion of 836 million francs in convertible bonds.

242. Because of the need for both liquidity and profitability, banks tend to hold bills and bonds of varying maturities and yields.

243. By then junk bonds were 25 percent of the corporate bond market.

244. Lower prices for Treasury bonds helped put a damper on stock prices, traders said.

245. Bonds of this type are formed by electrostatic attractions between ions of opposite charge.

246. The $ 53 billion fund raised cash and bought long-term bonds aggressively.

247. Some investors assert that the lack of a spending accord, for now, will buoy bonds by choking off economic growth.sentencedict.com/bonds.html

248. Nevertheless, utility bonds are one of the few Southeastern sectors priced below national levels.

249. Beneath them in their corporations are thousands of people who now make their living in mortgage bonds.

250. Spreads between corporate junk bonds and Treasury bonds have risen to their widest since the recession of 1990-91.

251. And the faster corporate bonds are issued, the speedier will be the development of an active secondary market.

252. Insurance companies that issue these fixed rate bonds were expecting a Labour victory and were planning to increase rates today.

253. The interest rates on junk bonds are higher because they are considered more likely to default. 12.

254. At Wharton he examined fallen angels, the bonds of one-time blue-chip corporations now in trouble.

255. Calculate how your portfolio is divided among stocks, bonds and supersafe investments such as money-market funds and certificates of deposit.

256. Demand for most bonds is high because investors keep putting money into corporate bond funds.

257. Dumbfounded bankers learned that the government would not pay out on its bonds.

258. Enzymatic catalysis involves the breaking and making of different chemical bonds.

259. A trader could buy or sell as many bonds as he thought appropriate without asking.

260. At Salomon, Parseghian headed trading of collateralized mortgage obligations, the custom-made bonds cut from bundles of home mortgages.

261. Lower rates make stocks more appealing than bonds and bank deposits.

262. Over the years the two men had developed deep bonds of friendship.

263. For clarity, the three hydrogen bonds mentioned in the text are not illustrated.

264. Bonds irritates many writers because of his rudeness, and he turns off some fans with his refusal to sign autographs.

265. Lower interest rates also make the rate of return on bonds more attractive than bank deposits and new bond issues.

266. When the public buy the bonds or bills they will draw money from their banks.

267. Fund managers aim to mix a cocktail of bonds that offer a return higher than the interest on a building society deposit.

268. The fund manager can, therefore, select the mix of bonds which offers the most attractive yield and capital growth potential.

269. Of the accepted bids, 85.8 percent included bonds which were issued at a 35 percent discount in exchange for bank loans.

270. Debt would be sold for cash at a discount or converted into 17- to 25-year bonds.