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41Beslan charity efforts — Countries and charities around the world donated to funds set up to assist the families and children that were involved in the Beslan school hostage crisis. As of the end of 2004 the International Foundation For Terror Act Victims had raised over …
42Trade group efforts against file sharing — Arts and media industry trade groups such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) strongly oppose and attempt to prevent copyright infringement through file sharing. The… …
43Best efforts — …
44best-efforts selling — /best ef euhrts/ a method of underwriting a security whereby a syndicate takes a new issue without any guarantees of sale to the issuer. * * * …
45best efforts — noun a) An assurance of good faith effort to achieve best results under prevailing circumstances. b) An effort to sell securities without a firm underwriting. Syn: best endeavors …
46Best-efforts sale — A method of securities distribution/ underwriting in which the securities firm agrees to sell as much of the offering as possible and return any unsold shares to the issuer. As opposed to a guaranteed or fixed price sale, where the underwriter… …
47best-efforts sale — A method of securities distribution/ underwriting in which the securities firm agrees to sell as much of the offering as possible and return any unsold shares to the issuer. As opposed to a guaranteed or fixed price sale or bought deal, in which… …
48derail efforts — attempts to push (a plan, project, etc.) off course …
49increase one's efforts — work harder, try harder …
50leave no stone unturned in efforts to — v. exert all possible effort in a search, search in every corner …