Some of the signs and stations have a grandeur in keeping with the swagger of the Wilhelmine era: many of the stops on the U3 line, opened in 1913, are built in a neoclassical style with stuccoed walls, period columns and mosaic station signs that spell out the names in confident capitals.
"We are confident that the capital we are raising will both allow us to achieve our mission to both the public and to shareholders," Freddie Mac's chief executive, Richard Syron, said in a conference call with analysts.
Gary Greenwood at Shore Capital said: The fact that such heavyweight investors are queueing up for a piece of the action, suggests to us that they remain confident of future capital appreciation and income generation from the shares.
They need to be confident that working capital is available if they are to take on new orders, fulfil them and grow – and not fear going bust at the very moment of expansion.
There's no local control where need is concentrated and (at least sometimes) understood, and there's no confident injection of capital and capacity into building the minimum of 250,000 homes a year that we need to keep pace with our growing and changing population.
Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit Vikram Pandit released a memo on Tuesday saying that the bank had been profitable in the first two months of 2009, and that was confident about its capital strength.
On Tuesday, Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit released a memo saying that the American bank had been profitable in the first two months of 2009 and was confident about its capital strength, (See "Citi Rouses Street").
According to Thomson Reuters, Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit Vikram Pandit released a memo saying that the American bank had been profitable in the first two months of 2009 and was confident about its capital strength after tough internal stress tests.
"I'm confident that our capital markets are flexible and resilient, and can deal with these adjustments".
At BJP headquarters in Mumbai, India's financial capital, confident party workers brought in ladoos -- traditional Indian sweets -- before the first tallies were released.
Nor does it make other weakened European institutions more confident about raising additional capital to shore up ravaged balance sheets and meet new capital reserve requirements.
