No carriage deals were announced on Monday, but Disney has leverage in the form of ESPN, ABC Family and its suite of other channels.
Yet on the other side, senior Tories wonder why Cameron is not trying harder for a genuinely fundamental renegotiation given that he has leverage in the form of the UK's possible withdrawal.
Bartelstein said a sign-and-trade deal was another option, but that would require Lee to have leverage (in the form of a big offer) and the Knicks to have a willingness to make a deal, which is doubtful.
Others say the recent court decisions give bondholders too much leverage in the form of veto power over debt negotiations, which is bound to complicate restructuring efforts and could force more companies into costly Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Many Americans, in the meantime, are outraged that the Obama administration has not exerted its supposed leverage, in the form of military aid, to pressure the Egyptian army to restore a democratic form of government.
And while other countries would undoubtedly resist changing a global trading system that puts Americans at a severe disadvantage, we have enormous leverage, in the form of the world's largest market.
Rarely employed four years ago, leverage, in the form of debt, deferred payments and preferred equity, accounted for an all-time high of 23percentt of record secondary volume of $45 billion in 2017.
So far, Washington has neither endorsed economic reform forcefully nor used its considerable leverage (in the form of massive military aid) to nudge the military to consent to change.
The developer does have some leverage, however, in the form of his insurance policy on the trade center complex, which could provide $3.55 billion to $6.7 billion for reconstruction.
