They included three tranches of term loans, some mezzanine-like debt called "second lien", and ten-year junk bonds, denominated both in euros and in dollars.
Unfortunately, Germany did not understand that Britain did not have a lien on the whole world, and that (British interests apart) the views of other powers had to be taken into account, so that the desired territorial concessions could not be slipped into Germany's pocket without demur.
Recently the Czech Republic amended the law to permit a lien on movable collateral such as machinery and other capital goods.
One of the best places to check for new polls is a French website that usually puts up the latest surveys fairly quickly, and links to the raw data too (click on the word lien).
Mike Flowers, the chief analytics officer in New York, says that if a property has a tax lien on it there is a ninefold increase in the chance of a catastrophic fire there.
If the state were to take a lien on the home of every retired middle-class couple who had paid off their mortgage after years of thrift, there would be a revolution.Perhaps a better idea would be to bring the price Americans pay for gasoline nearer the OECD norm.
The government hopes to remove a blockage in the modification process with a bribe to holders of "second lien" mortgages, such as home-equity loans.
Now Ko Wen-je (pictured), an eminent surgeon who is without political experience and is running as an independent, is polling higher than Sean Lien, a scion of one of the KMT's richest political families.The KMT chose Mr Lien as its candidate through a ballot of its members in the capital.
