For example, because of the way they are regulated, they have half the capital requirements of banks and thrifts for loans on their balance sheets.
Few Egyptians seriously expect the government to demolish the makeshift neighborhoods that comprise as much as half the capital, although many critics accuse the government of transferring Cairo's historical inequalities to the new cities.
For the first time in his presidency, Mr. Saleh declared a monthlong state of emergency on Friday after the violence shut down half the capital, though Yemen's Constitution does not specify what that entails.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than two weeks after the earthquake that devastated much of this country's southern half, the capital remains a city of teetering walls, dangling electrical wires and precariously balanced heaps of jagged cinder block and wrought iron, all rattled daily by aftershocks.
The red-alert condition would be triggered upon three consecutive days of "serious" air pollution, state media reported.The emergency response will include alternate-day driving restrictions for private vehicles, based on their odd- and even-numbered plates; half the capital's cars will be idled each day.
Half the capital was frittered away, he says, and now he will never let anyone manage his money.
Regarding other details, half the capital will be used for initial investments, with the rest for follow on investments.
PW: The last time around [in the late '90s], a bunch of people raised really big funds and wound up releasing half the capital or more back to their limited partners when the market changed.
In ten days, the clashes between the FAN and Goukouni's FAP, which both had 1,000 1,500 troops in the city, caused thousands of casualties and the flight of about half the capital's population.
