71. Recently married, he had no debts, and the store sold many items he would buy as Christmas gifts anyway, he said. 72. Roland Europe has no debt. 73. Rising rates hurt utilities because the companies have large debts and their dividend yields become less attractive as interest rates rise. 74. Some electric utilities, particularly those which produce low-cost power and have little debt, will push for speedy deregulation. 75. Some have debts to collect on behalf of foreign governments. 76. Sport Haley has no debt, he said, and is not followed much by Wall Street. 77. Starwood Chairman Barry Sternlicht is a formidable competitor because his company has little debt and he says it can substantially raise the cash portion of its bid. 78. Starwood makes a formidable competitor, analysts said, because it has little debt and can substantially raise the cash portion of its bid. 79. Sternlicht is a formidable competitor because his company has little debt and he says it can substantially raise the cash portion of its bid. 80. That has meant credit rating agencies were loathe to give the companies an investment grade rating, and most have no debt. |