The mechanicals included a 450bhp, 4.7-litre V8 engine (hence "8C" again), tuned-up with an exhaust note guaranteed to shatter any carelessly placed piece of Venetian glassware.
The debt was in the form a Puck note guaranteed by Raymond Chambers and Lewis Katz, the principal owners of the Devils, through Puck, and of the Nets.
The Afghan Finance Ministry has issued a promissory note guaranteeing that it will pay back the Central Bank the full amount of the loan to the new Kabul bank, about $800 million, with a combination of recovered assets and tax revenues, according to people close to the bank.
He insisted that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution comprised 'a promissory note' guaranteeing all Americans 'the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'" The trajectory since the 1940s had been toward full political equality for African Americans, but along the way there were setbacks as well as successes.
Officials also exchanged notes guaranteeing the visitors' safe passage.
Buyers seem willing to consider moving away from standardized notes guaranteed by Freddie and Fannie, partly because those instruments now offer the lowest returns on record.
In other words, these vehicles were essentially buying pieces of C.D.O.'s from Merrill using the proceeds of notes guaranteed by Merrill and leaving Merrill on the hook for any losses.
The consortia have, he notes, guaranteed rates of return of nearly 20%; their liability for cost over-runs is capped; and 95% of their bank loans are guaranteed.The National Audit Office NAOO) has already expressed its doubts about the PPP and described the supposed risk-transfer as illusory.
These notes — guaranteed for commercial risk by the U.S. parent — are trading at 65 cents on the dollar.
Joseph explains how they work: The transactions involve notes, guarantees, letters of credit, debentures or other seemingly legitimate types of financial instruments being issued by an unidentified "prime" bank.
Among them, Jackmaster struck a hopeful note: "I guarantee everyone they'll be back," he wrote.
