It is surely a lesser job, too, than finance minister, which Mr Chirac is insisting Mr Sarkozy relinquish.
The numbered cards are illustrated with lesser lights from the finance world (Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive officer of the mortgage lender Countrywide, is the Nine of Hearts) and with technical terms from the Great Recession like Repo 105 (the Eight of Spades) and Shorting Your Clients (Five of Diamonds).
Lesser-known companies financed by Marsh include Danish Re, a Lloyd's of London syndicate formed in 1999 that operates in Europe James Riverr Specialty, an insurer in Richmond, Va., that began underwriting property and casualty insurance in July 2003; and the Gulf Insurance Group, a provider of specialty business insurance coverage.
"If you have the cash on hand, why pay to borrow more?" said Mr. Lesser, adding that by removing financing from the equation, "it allows him to quickly close a transaction".
In other words, the neediest Americans — and, to a lesser degree, federal workers — will be financing a massive tax cut.
Even if expanded casino gambling is approved by the Legislature and by voters, it is not clear how many casinos can obtain financing and survive in lesser populated upstate areas.
if the useful life of the capital asset being financed is of a lesser period, the useful life of the asset.
I also find that fund management teams with more industry-specific human capital in strategy and management consulting and, to a lesser extent, engineering and non-venture finance manage funds with greater fractions of portfolio company exits.
Other ministries, such as those of agriculture, or, to a lesser degree, the environment, economy and finance, and trade and industry, have exercised little influence over the orientation and implementation of policies and strategies.
Finances of a decidedly lesser order were in Cahill's thoughts until he learned of the NCAA berth.
