Sentence examples for assets earned from inspiring English sources

By the time he took over as chief executive in 2002, Glencore's investments in mines and other physical assets earned a large chunk of its profit.

Long-Term Capital, which began operations in 1994 and two years later had more than $6 billion in assets, earned double-digit returns before its implosion.

Chase, which has more than $400 billion in assets, earned $1.36 billion in the quarter, or $1.59 a diluted share, compared with $1.17 billion, or $1.32 a share, in the quarter a year earlier.

Accounting rules treat goodwill as an expense charged against profits, but Stern Stewart says that goodwill and other things such as R&D are capital investments that should produce returns in future.Next, Stern Stewart works out how much SAB's assets earned after tax in 1996 (2).

At the end of the 20 years, the grandchild would inherit the principal tax-free, even if it turned out to be more than the original $5 million, as it would if the trust assets earned more than the 6 percent paid to the university each year.

His reputation for finding value in out-of-favor assets earned him the nickname "The Grave Dancer".

The Bank's foreign-currency assets earn far less than the yield on Indian government debt.

In some cases, banks have reinvested money borrowed at 1 percent in higher-yielding assets, earning millions of euros in easy profits.

By buying United States bonds, the Chinese government has been investing a large chunk of the country's savings in assets earning just 3percentt annually in dollars.

However, many of the flagship measures appear to benefit those who already have assets, earn good salaries or are making profits already.

This is done by simply assuming in any given year that the assets earn a particular rate of return, and equities a higher return than bonds.Fooled by arbitrageThese rules create a "fallacious arbitrage opportunity", says Zvi Bodie, an economist at Boston University, by encouraging firms to issue bonds and buy equities for their pension fund.