The county got the stability of a fixed rate, while paying Wall Street to assume the risk of the variable rates on its bonds.
Thanks to the diversification made possible by the Internet, the rewards will go to those who assume the risk of doing badly in bad times.
These consortia, which would have the clout to raise debt finance at low rates, would assume the risk of cost overruns and the responsibility for finishing projects on time.
It is possible that, based on the large number of participants that will be a part of a given ACO, the ACO may assume the risk of coverage for individuals and employees of small business.
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This leaves consciencous physicians, bent on doing what is best for their suffering patients, to assume the financial risk of providing life-saving care knowing that there will be insufficient payment from the insurer and that their patient may never be able to pay the difference for the drugs administered.
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WinPoker has structured the process so that players choosing to utilize the bitcoin payment method do not also assume currency risk along with the inherent risk of casino gambling.
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On the other are speculators willing to assume the risk on the other side of a contract in hopes of a big payday on someone else's loss.
The disclosure must state that such compensation may induce the advisor to assume a greater amount of risk than the advisor might otherwise assume without performance-based compensation.
Commodities speculators assume the risk that prices of various commodities might go up or down.
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It added that its site goes further than the Home Office crime-mapping website www.police.uk which does not distinguish stranger attacks from domestic or acquaintance violence and "can make people assume the risk to them of violent crime is worse than it is".
So the World Bank would assume, in effect, the risk of Laos not honouring its contractual commitments.
IPPs, argues Mr Palmer, they will have to assume much more of the risk than they did and their shareholders may not be happy with that.
Under the proposal, each nation would assume a portion of the total debt risk.
Moreover, News Corp may be willing to assume more risk going forward given the success of Avatar and thus potentially reap higher profits.
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Second, a resolution of fiscal issues in the U.S. and Europe will give investors confidence to assume more risk pushing money back into the equity markets and out of Treasuries.
But new entrants insurance companies and fund managers are coming into the market to assume risk, as sellers of protection.
Team owners assume the lion's share of the risk by investing heavily in people and equipment but get a pittance from broadcast revenue and none of the ticket sales, which go mainly to the track owners.
It only requires you to be invested adequately for the level of risk you can assume over time.
Senator JOHN MCCAIN (Democrat, Arizona): A bubble occurs when prices are driven up too quickly, speculators move into markets and these players begin to suspend the normal rules of risk and assume that prices can only move up, but never down.
And with such a broad definition of risk, it's fair to assume that if the newly mundane banks are able to retain any of their talent, that the talent will quickly figure out ways around the rules set by regulators.
McCAIN: A bubble occurs when prices are driven up too quickly, speculators move into markets, and these players begin to suspend the normal rules of risk, and assume that prices can only move up but never down.
"Based on what we know thus far, I think we have to assume that the No.1 risk factor we have is the degree or extent of exposure, " Bailes said.
Even where they have not, depositors often assume that there is an implicit guarantee, because the government will step in rather than risk a collapse of the whole system.
Obviously, Moscow is desperate to broaden its access to hard currency resources and is frustrated by the refusal of U.S. money center banks and other commercial lenders to assume any new risk in doing so.
Marco Simoni, political economist at the European Institute of the LSE, believes a "slow decay" of member state economies is the biggest risk to the EU and countries should not assume they are immune from financial collapse as soon as they sign up.
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