As the stock and credit markets have risen, the value of buyout shops' holdings has risen, and their ability to strike deals for a variety of assets has improved as cheap financing remains readily available.
Across the city, nonprofit groups that provide social services to New Yorkers are reeling, trying to fulfill their core missions as demand for those services rises and their ability to provide them shrinks.
Students will rise to their abilities, expectations and desires in taking numerous honor and Advanced Placement courses.
Many firms will see their debt-to-equity ratio rise and their ability to borrow fall.
The importance of non-financial firms will accordingly rise, along with their ability to attract the best talent.
Two successive bonus-point victories over Castres, the French champions of two seasons ago, have not just restored control of their own qualifying destiny but stoked a rising belief in their ability to perform consistently regardless of surroundings.
They argue that budget cuts and rising case loads undermine their ability to provide adequate representation.
Still, professional teams, which rise and fall on their ability to judge which athletes are worth spending time and money on, are starting to take genetics seriously.
The recent carnage apart, the number of people and cattle has risen much faster than their ability to sustain themselves, even in peacetime.
Financial companies desperately need Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to keep buying mortgages because falling home prices and rising delinquencies are hurting their ability to make and hold loans, said Douglas Peta, a market strategist at J&W Seligman.
