"Despite these circumstances, we continued to secure stable profits and saw an increase in operating revenue".
Despite higher initial costs, the purchase gives the company secure, stable, long-term prices.
Mr. Thain is still grappling with how to secure stable long-term financing for CIT.
Economists say the credit card problem will be resolved only when more delinquents secure stable sources of income.
Then with the bursting of the "bubble economy" in the early 1990s, young men found it harder to secure stable, high-paying work.
But gay rights advocates say the project is also a response to a troubling situation: the elderly gay population has struggled to secure stable housing.
Wealth-management types are also in demand as banks look to secure stable sources of income.Investment banks have more flexibility than others to deal with a downturn, thanks to bonuses.
The steelmakers and China are all keen to secure stable supplies of coal.
To secure stable import supplies, China has been granting loans to oil-exporting countries in Africa such as Nigeria over the past few years.
Fujitsu, for example, said the job cuts, while dramatic, would enable it to secure stable profits in software and services over the long term.
But she added: "I hope you will consider the wealth of experience that the RCGP represents, and will look at ways for us to work together to make the health service secure, stable, and safe, now and in the future".
