Her father owned a hat store, made successful investments in the oil industry, and became affluent enough to give Margaretha a lavish early childhood that included exclusive schools until the age of 13.

Some of Jim Jordan's investments included the bottling company for Hires Root Beer in Kansas City.

Early investments in steam included co-founding the steam ferry company in Halifax harbour and an investment in the pioneering steamship Royal William.

A lawyer and entrepreneur, his investments included the Lyceum Theatre, London and a hotel in Cannes, France.

Venture capital investments in brownfield-related businesses have included companies developing new cleanup technology, companies that do remediation, and development projects in brownfield lands.

* In Barker v Cox ( 1876 ) 4 Ch D 464 the purchaser of property which was included in a matrimonial settlement paid the price in advance to one of the trustees, and the purchaser was held to have an equitable lien in investments which the trustees subsequently acquired with the purchase price.

For the purposes of the report, alternative investments included " structured products, luxury valuables and collectibles, hedge funds, managed futures, and precious metals ".

Other investments included Nauru House in Melbourne and Hawaiki Tower in Honolulu.

Further investments included those in the Harbin Brewery Group and the Fuyang City Snowland Brewery.

Among the other notable investments KKR completed during the early 1990s included World Color Press ( 1993 – 95 ), RELTEC Corporation ( 1995 ) and Bruno's ( 1995 ).

Other non-buyout investments completed by KKR during this period included Legg Mason, Sun Microsystems, Tarkett and Seven Network.

In 1996, Moore came close to being forced to resign a ministry for the second time in his career, when it was discovered that his share holdings included significant investments that could potentially create a conflict of interest with his ministerial portfolio.

Harriman's main properties included Brown Brothers & Harriman & Co, Union Pacific Railroad, Merchant Shipping Corporation, and venture capital investments that included the Polaroid Corporation.

Such investments included a railway from Paris to Deauville, the Deauville hippodrome for horse races, and a small casino.

In fact Hambardzumyan personifies the state policy of promotion of Science in the Soviet Republic of Armenia that included considerable capital investments and repatriation of scientists.

The hotel had 144 rooms and would be operated by Thon Hotel ; other investments included a congress hall for 800 people and a reconstruction of the sports facility Bergbanen.

Culverhouse's investments included several banks, Provincetown-Boston Airlines, the Palmer Ranch real estate development near Sarasota, Florida, and movie productions including A Chorus Line and The Emerald Forest.

His investments included Amfac, Inc., Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Alexander & Baldwin, and other real estate ventures.

Among Blackstone's most notable real estate investments have included Equity Office Properties, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Trizec Properties, Center Parcs UK, La Quinta Inns & Suites, Wyndham Worldwide, Southern Cross Healthcare and Centro Properties.

Among the investments included in this segment are funds of hedge funds, mezzanine funds, senior debt vehicles, proprietary hedge funds and closed-end mutual funds.

Blackstone's investments in the late 1990s included AMF Group ( 1996 ), Haynes International ( 1997 ), American Axle ( 1997 ), Premcor ( 1997 ), CommNet Cellular ( 1998 ), Graham Packaging ( 1998 ), Centennial Communications ( 1999 ), Bresnan Communications ( 1999 ), PAETEC Holding Corp. ( 1999 ).

Other notable investments that Blackstone completed in 2008 and 2009 included AlliedBarton, Performance Food Group, Apria Healthcare and CMS Computers.

In January 1881, Field, with the support of his junior partners, bought out Levi Leiter, renaming the business Marshall Field & Co .. As Palmer had before, Leiter retired to tend his significant real estate investments, which included commissioning a department store building at State Street and Van Buren to house Siegel, Cooper & Co ..

The Government of The Bahamas welcomes foreign investment in tourism and banking and has declared an interest in agricultural and industrial investments to generate local employment, particularly in white-collar or skilled jobs.

Civil wars, decreasing investments in maintenance and acquisition of new scrolls and generally declining interest in non-religious pursuits likely contributed to a reduction in the body of material available in the Library, especially in the fourth century.

Resumption of Japan's multi-billion dollar investments to China and increased visits to China by Japanese officials, culminating in the October 1992 visit of Emperor Akihito, gave a clear indication that Japan considered closer ties with China in its economic and strategic interest.

In the past, investments offering exceptional returns or low interest rates, or a combination, led to lowered credit standards which, in turn, created a speculative boom and high debt levels, followed by a crash and financial crisis.

While interest rates for private companies are often higher than for government debt, this can serve as a useful constraint to promote efficient investments by private companies, instead of cross-subsidizing them with the overall credit-risk of the country.

The Arab countries are a priority interest for Spain because of oil and gas imports and because several Arab nations have substantial investments in Spain.

Switzerland's national bank should revive investments by lowering interest rates.

The Bank of Japan's policy of zero interest rates has discouraged yen investments, with the carry trade of investors borrowing yen and investing in better-paying currencies ( thus further pushing down the yen ) estimated to be as large as $ 1 trillion.

However, surging copper prices from 2004 to the present day rapidly rekindled international interest in Zambia's copper sector with a new buyer found for KCCM and massive investments in expanding capacity launched.

With either pre-tax or after-tax contributions, earnings from investments in a 401 ( k ) account ( in the form of interest, dividends, or capital gains ) are tax-deferred.

However, he found out that the bank was in serious financial trouble because of bad real estate loans, and that Zarossi was funding the interest payments not through profit on investments, but by using money deposited in newly opened accounts.

Some people invested and were paid off as promised, receiving $ 750 interest on initial investments of $ 1, 250.

E-commerce, e-learning, and e-medicine are all areas of strong interest where the Government is seeking international partnership and investments.

The Bank of England cut interest rates, making government bonds less attractive investments, and existing railway companies ' shares began to boom as they moved ever-increasing amounts of cargo and people, making people willing to invest in new railways.

France has many direct investments in the country such as the Lafarge cement plant in Chatak and has recently shown interest in aiding Bangladesh with the development of a nuclear power plant for civilian purposes.

Bonds are debt investments whereby an investor loans a certain amount of money, for a certain amount of time, with a certain interest rate, to a company or country.

There are clubs for almost any interest or hobby including ham radio, computers, sewing, cards, investments, and dancing.

In his post-White House years, he went on to a successful career as a businessman, taking an interest in hotels, development, real estate, and chain restaurants in Florida, among other investments.

There are markets for investments ( which include the money market, bond market, as well as retail financial institutions like banks ) set interest rates.

The possible return they could realize in competing investments will determine what interest they charge.

Although most of the assumptions and expectations made by the Central Banks or Reserve Banks by countries ( and economies ) that by technically lowering the interest rate would produce the effect of increasing investments and consumptions, however, low interest rate by macro-economic policy is also risky and would also lead to the creation of massive economic bubble, when great amount of investments are poured into the real estate market and stock market, as what Japan experienced in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the large numbers of accounts of unpaid debts to the Japanese Banks and bankruptcy of these banks and caused stagflation to the local Japanese Economy ( Japan being the second largest economy at the time ), with exports becoming the last pillar for the growth of Japanese economy throughout the rest of 1990s and early 2000.

This rate incorporates the deferred consumption and alternative investments elements of interest.