The residents are homesteaders who did the work themselves and, in return for sweat equity, obtained their apartments for $250 apiece.
In return for their efforts in obtaining a satisfactory claim settlement, lawyers take part of the recovery, though many involved in the BP litigation say they are not charging for the no-documentation quick-pay settlements.
The government, in return for its outlays, will obtain ownership of securities tied to the mortgages of millions of American homeowners.
THE proliferation of new-media and other Internet-related companies in New York and the scarcity of available office space are creating a new type of business: incubators that provide prebuilt space to start-up companies, often in return for the right to obtain stock at favorable prices.
In return for Kendrick, the Dodgers obtained two depth players: first baseman-outfielder Darin Ruf, 30, and infielder-outfielder Darnell Sweeney, 25.
The investigation focuses on suspicions that Mr. Olmert had received a "significant discount" on the purchase of the apartment from a development company in return for accelerating the process of obtaining special building permits from Jerusalem's city government necessary for refurbishing the entire building.
Appointed to the federal bench in 2003 by President George W. Bush, Judge Burns is best known for presiding in the trial of Congressman Randy Cunningham of California, who pleaded guilty in 2005 to charges that he accepted $2.4 million in bribes from military contractors in return for a helping hand in obtaining government contracts.
* P < 0.05 ** P < 0.01 *** P < 0.001 †2003 $US Mean SDD) preferences for current health were 0.78 (0.23), i.e., on average, patients were willing to accept up to a 22% risk of immediate death in return for a 78% chance of obtaining perfect health for the rest of their life.
As The Economist went to press, the government was in talks with Citigroup over what would in essence be partial nationalisation: the conversion into common equity of a chunk of its preferred stock, obtained in return for pumping capital into Citi last year.
It's worth noting that the VIC ratio is not a measure of investor returns, as it does not specify the size stake in a startup that backers obtained in return for their investment.
