In the 10 years ending Dec. 2009, securitizing bank loans, parceling them up and then selling the debt to investors both foreign and domestic added 325 billion pounds to the growth in U.K. bank lending, expanding new credit by more than 20%.

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This route is a lot surer payoff for investors than waiting for a major cash takeover that might blow up(see Hewlett Packard) or parceling the cash out in dribs and drabs by yearly dividend increases.

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Pentagon policymakers pulled the plug on the Joint Tactical Radio System earlier this year, standing up a new Army-led organization and parceling out the various pieces to the services that will ultimately use the radios.

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