So Mr. Masters agreed to finance Better Markets for a minimum of five years.
In a subsequent warning, Mr. Sillen threatened to "back up the Brink's truck" to the state's treasury, if need be, to finance better medical services for the state's 173,000 inmates.
Better finance for better data with complete transparency on methodology, findings, dis-aggregations (especially of the marginalized groups and identities) for equity-based tracking of policy and programming performance, citizen engagement and mutual accountability is our call!
System prices fell 20 percent because of cheaper components (the average price of a panel dropped 50 percent), more options for financing, better installation methods and the shift to larger arrays.
Yet companies up their chances for receiving better financing, better partnerships and a shot at being selected as a preferred customer by other firms if corporate governance issues are given importance.
"Last year, when President Obama and Secretary Geithner asked me to help them stand up the consumer bureau, I enthusiastically accepted the position and got to work because I believe firmly that the CFPB can make the consumer finance markets work better for American families – eliminating fine print, making costs, benefits, and risk clearer, and holding those who break the law accountable.
In my book "The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened and What to Do About It," I outlined three areas of action that would democratize finance — make it work better for the people — and help prevent future crises.
And sometimes longer leases are better for financing purposes.
Short of public financing, though, it is better for candidates to have to raise money from others — especially now that the Web and grassroots efforts have greatly increased the power of smaller donations — than to be able to buy the White House through their own business success.
Still, Trujillo took another job in finance consulting which he liked better for being "more intellectual".
