It structured deals to that end -- sometimes at the expense of generating immediate cash, and in the process sometimes inflating the value of trades.
Iraq has structured deals to develop all its gas and oil fields that pay a per barrel fee over a 20-year contract in return for medium-term efficiencies introduced by private companies that it could not hope to achieve by itself.
It is easy for corporations to structure deals to avoid a tax increase.
For Procter & Gamble, a craftily structured deal allowed it to finally leave the food business.
Several universities were also discovered to have structured deals with property developers who would build the educational institutions then rent them back to the university.
As companies continue to structure deals in response to the rules, the corporate tax base continues to erode, deal by deal.
Affordable housing developers structure deals to avoid triggering a vote — legal and consulting costs can be in the tens of thousands of dollars — or must ensure that a city has enough units approved from a prior Article 34 election.
The bank bought a company that originates life settlements, and it has set up a group dedicated to structuring deals and one to sell the products.
The government structured the deal to favour Taishin and itself, penalising minority shareholders and fuelling the resentment.Under union pressure, the government has also failed to support reformers.
But Merck and Schering have structured their deal to get around this clause.
