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But competition is tough, with maybe four or five brokerages slugging it out for the big deals and up to a dozen on the mid-sized ones.

'It's just hard to see that there will be a lot of big deals, ' he says.

Back in 2002 he said, "We are looking for big deals. . . We have got an elephant gun and it's loaded. "

Because competition between advisers can become vicious towards the end of the year, they have to validate their claims on big deals.

Other miners also regaining decent financial health are on the lookout for the big deals that bring scale and greater diversification.

The loans that funded the big deals typically trade at three-quarters of their face value, implying distress.

Conditions for big deals by provide private equity companies appealappear to be cooling.

We saw big deals coming from energy, the public sector, retail, consumer products and services.

Among the other big deals, New World Resources, which owns four Czech coal and mining companies, priced a $2. 5bn IPO in May.

Schedule a follow up meeting. Contact the VC again when you've signed a few more big deals.

Prices of big deals rise at about double the rate of inflation.

The "big purse" is the CPU's own electronic wallet used to complete big deals [2].

A number of foreign companies, especially in the oil sector, have signed big deals.

Typically, shareholders punish companies that make big deals.

Those brought in by big deals can be interspersed with dry spells.

Some investors did strike big deals during the market turmoil, to their detriment.

Every sales person wants the glory and the big pay check that results from closing big deals.

Big deals normally require a discount, but this one is cheap for reasons other than its size.

If many universities drop big deals it will be calamitous for the publishers.

It's different for us compared to the younger guys at the last lockout, because they signed big deals coming in.

And Brazil's government holds a golden share in Vale that lets it block big deals.

I know. I was obviously over- optimistic. I thought we could make some big deals with the local chain stores.

AstraZeneca declined to comment, but has said in the past it's not interested in big deals.

In the pharma industry, do you feel increasingly isolated with all the big deals going on round you?

Roche has made two big deals to advance the RNA technology.

They have notched up several other big deals since then (see table).

There are a number of big deals on the way to getting commercial space travel becoming a reality.

You're closing some big deals at the trade show?

They have notched up several other big deals since then.

"Unless you have both commercial . . . and investment banking operations, you can't compete in big deals, " adds Mr Nagayasu.

Things like these may not be big deals in the West, but they are thought of as great shame in China.

All of these are big deals and are win-win for businesses and consumers.

The list of failed big deals is long.

They are likely to become bored with mundane tasks because they would rather be in the field closing big deals with their sales reps.

That means they can seal big deals with a single phone call.

But fiscal crises, particularly in America, are straining big deals.

they can easily make big deals with Latin American countries.

"We just don't see enough big deals in the pipeline to cause us to believe the levels of last year will be reached" .

Big deals are back, as is an old acquaintance

We'veseen everything from shrink-wrap licenses to enterprise-wide "big deals" to subscription pricing;