The phrase "about a capital" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a discussion or topic related to a capital city or financial capital, but without context, it is ambiguous.
Example: "The discussion was primarily about a capital, but it lacked clarity on which one."
Alternatives: "regarding a capital" or "concerning a capital".
"There is no urgency about a capital increase," a person close to the Peugeot family said, dismissing the reports of a G.M. or Chinese deal as "rumors".
The speculation about a capital increase was fueled by the sale of Bear Stearns over the weekend for less than one-tenth of its value based on its closing stock price on Friday.
One of the departing directors, Mr. Smith, was a main supervisor of Yahoo's turnaround efforts, including its talks with private equity firms about a capital infusion into the Web company and its eventual deal to sell some of its stake in Alibaba back to its Chinese Internet partner.
"Regarding the rumors about a capital increase of Fiat SpA, the company confirms that no decision has been taken about such operations or about the terms of the deal," Fiat said in a note.
Rio Tinto fell by 4.0%, to 15.50 pounds ($22.11), after newspaper reports said the miner is in talks with Aluminum Corp. of China, or Chinalco, the Chinese state-owned metals company, about a capital injection and a sale of assets.
At present, the Daughters have only about $1.2 million in a capital account and donations have dried up with news of the state investigation.
Now they're talking about launching a capital fund for entrepreneurs.
"I have never met the woman who is written about with a capital W," said Miss Macaulay.
Lagarde's call came as Baudouin Prot, BNP's chief executive, emphatically denied reports that it was in talks with Middle Eastern investors about securing a capital injection.
There's something unsavory about having a capital city doing outrageously well while the rest of the country is limping along — especially when its economy is premised in part on capturing wealth rather than creating it.
He spoke about launching a capital markets union.
