Citi is also heavily (though indirectly) exposed to illiquid securities through seven off-balance-sheet structured-investment vehicles, (SIVs), with combined assets of around $80 billion.With most large banks knee-deep in "exotic" (read: toxic) securities, there will be no gloating over Mr Prince's demise.
But since 1996, FHA's share of the mortgage market has dropped from 32% to 6%, largely because the private sector began offering exotic (read: easier to qualify for) products–such as adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs to an increasingly risky pool of investors.
For many, the dream beach vacation involves snoozing on a quiet stretch of sand in some exotic (read:expensive) locale -- and we don't blame you.
Because the ordinary laws of commercial filmmaking apply only loosely to musicals, the childlike crudeness; the naïve, pie-in-the-sky optimism; and the uneven performances, not to mention the "exotic" (read Aboriginal) elements of "Bran Nue Dae" could work either for or against it outside its homeland.
Jane had a remarkable appetite for work, sometimes giving the impression that her idea of a good holiday was to stay in a luxurious hotel somewhere exotic while reading a pile of work papers she had brought with her.
2. Examine the current worldwide trend of domesticating wild and exotic animals by reading and discussing "Cute but Wild: The Perilous Lure of Exotic Pets".
It is its own created world, exotic and strange, and reading it is like drinking wine with a pearl dissolving in the glass.
Some are journeys of leisure, the kind of expeditions into faraway lands and adventures in exotic locations we loved reading about as children: tall tales about treasure islands, daredevil pilots and colonial exploits.
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Despite his typically Bavarian name (Mr Pischetsrieder thinks it is probably a corruption of "bishop's wood-cutter") he is an exotic creature, who reads Latin and Greek.
