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reversion - Restitution of a mutant gene to the wild-type condition, or at least to a form that gives the wild-type phenotype; more generally, the appearance of a trait expressed by a remote ancestor. Synonym: reverse mutation. [FAO]

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Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Declares August Cash Distribution  -  21 Aug 2007
CNNMoney.comCertain properties underlying the 90% net profits interests are subject to a reversion agreement calling for the transfer of 25% of XTO's interest in those

STC union mulls litigation  -  21 Aug 2007
Kane County Chronicle,This reversion would not apply to anyone who holds the assistant chief role in the future and the union says it should decide how reversion works.

Missing From All the Credit Crisis Coverage: A Realistic ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Seeking Alpha,Can you say, "reversion to the mean?" People are panicking in these markets because prices have fallen 2-5% this year. What if we lop 30% off home prices?

Sarkozy's first 100 days  -  21 Aug 2007
Jerusalem Post,International commentators expressed disappointment at Sarkozy's reversion to cynical French diplomacy and dismay at the exchange of nuclear power for a

Reformers' industry ideals hearken back to Wharton  -  21 Aug 2007
Boston Globe,Now, in a new century, there are signs of a reversion to the old order. A new generation of great fortunes has been made in the global marketplace,

Opec urged not to make further production cuts  -  21 Aug 2007
Khaleej Times,This looks very much like a reversion by Opec to its earlier policy, only abandoned in 2004, of deliberately keeping the world short of oil in order to

UBS: Woodside Petroleum - 1H07 Results Preview  -  21 Aug 2007
egoli.com.au,Key risks: (1) organic capital generation is weak given div payout (2) staff payout ratio uplift = negative jaws (3) failure to transition means a reversion

Bond versus Bourne: Which spy do you love?  -  21 Aug 2007
Daily Mail,Lazenby was a disaster; Moore a safari-suited self-parody; Dalton tediously PC; Brosnan an undeniably handsome, convincing reversion to something like form.

Hong Kong: Only the bosses have changed  -  21 Aug 2007
Today's Zaman,The Basic Law will stay in effect until 2047, 50 years after Hong Kong’s reversion to China. Although it remains uncertain what will happen to Hong Kong

The Value Imperative -- Part 2: Replacement Value and Tobin’sq theory  -  21 Aug 2007
GuruFocus.com,The following chart shows the strong mean-reversion quality of the q-ratio over the period 1900 to 2006. The chart shows q relative to its long-term average

Michael Winship: Notes from the Underground  -  21 Aug 2007
BuzzFlash,Monday's Washington Post reported, "Mine inspectors were even renamed 'compliance assistance specialists' until an outcry forced a reversion to the original

Bendigo Mining hopeful after reversion to exploring  -  Jul 30, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,THE reversion of Bendigo Mining's namesake gold project to exploration status after failing as a mine has delivered some early encouragement.

Firefighters battling more than fires  -  Aug 19, 2007
Kane County Chronicle,...“The city is saying there will be no reversion,�? Peterson said. The union and city have been discussing the issue for 15 months, Peterson said,

The Magazine Cover Indicator: Confusing Correlation With Causation  -  Aug 20, 2007
Seeking Alpha,...or the economics department at the UCLA, the concept of mean reversion, contrary indicators, and (ahem) how the national business press operates?

Bouncing Stocks In Volatile Market  -  Aug 14, 2007
Forbes,..."Reversion to the Mean," "Quant Funds," "Statistical Arbitrage" and other terms rarely seen before in newsprint are now only a few pages from pictures of

Rethinking The Development Of Latin America And The Caribbean For ...  -  Aug 18, 2007
CounterCurrents.org,The reversion to private services dependent on the ‘good will’ of wealthy benefactors in place of public obligations in meeting basic citizen needs is

Former government adviser warns against voter backlash  -  Aug 13, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,..."My prediction, if the Coalition win the election, is that there will be a reversion to co-operation, as we've had over the last few years," he said.

Retirement Plus launches in Scotland  -  Aug 17, 2007
Mortgage Introducer,The Property Plan home reversion product enables customers to raise a large amount of cash from their home at full market value.

Will China Now Export Inflation?  -  Aug 14, 2007
FN Arena News,There should be some reversion and hence there is not an immediate concern for our local economies. But nor should we remain unwatchful as "tradeables",

Retirement Plus launches in Scotland  -  Aug 16, 2007
ifaonline.co.uk,The home reversion product differs from similar offerings by allowing customers to give up their share of a property in stages so that they continue to own

Norway rules on state ownership of hydro resources  -  Aug 13, 2007
International Water Power and Dam Construction,In late June, the EFTA Court ruled that the Norwegian practice of the right of reversion was in conflict with the European Economic Area agreement.

Some Aboriginal children 'referred'  -  Aug 7, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,..."At the end of that five-year period there is a complete reversion to the current situation and there's been no disturbance of the underlying title of the

Indices Remain in a Pinch  -  Aug 15, 2007
TheStreet.com (subscription),The Dynamic Trading System is predicated on a kind of mean-reversion principle. And in periods of extreme liquidity stresses (when liquidity is forced

Rubicon says acquisitions will reward Japan move  -  Aug 20, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,He said that despite the potential negative impact of the dollar-yen hedging reversion after 2007-08, the rise in rental income made him confident that

Making the right choice  -  Jul 23, 2007
Mortgage Solutions,Home reversion plans were brought within the scope of FSA regulation earlier this year and tend to be more suitable for older people.

Suntec Real Estate ratings affirmed on One Raffles Quay stake buy ...  -  Aug 2, 2007
Forbes,...that Suntec's financial metrics will improve in the medium term as positive rental reversion in Suntec's existing assets and One Raffles Quay kicks in.

1987 Has Its Say on 2007  -  Aug 10, 2007
TheStreet.com (subscription),And right now, Wall Street's "black box" (mean reversion, or "quant") models are being forced out of their positions by unusual liquidity circumstances,

Re has performed quite well under pressure: Westpac Banking  -  Aug 10, 2007
Moneycontrol.com,...“Overall, it has been very stable and I think that it’s an impressive performance, particularly given previous episodes of risk reversion,�? he said.

Myth busting: the truth about equity releases  -  Aug 1, 2007
Money Management,The home will eventually be sold and the home reversion party will typically receive their share of the full market value of the property.

Motoring along in reverse  -  Jul 30, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,Fortus will initially focus just on reverse mortgages but will broaden to include home reversion schemes and shared appreciation mortgages as these products

Doubled loan notes programme value to have manageable impact on ...  -  Jul 25, 2007
Forbes,...in Gazprom's financial profile, the high volume of acquisition activity and related funding has the potential to cause a reversion,' Fitch said.

Looking For (Illegal) Immigrants? Follow The Cash.  -  Aug 20, 2007
VDARE.com,One denomination in particular—the $100 bill—is leading the reversion to cash. Since 1995 the value of $100 bills in circulation has doubled.

Beware sale-and-rent back firms  -  Jul 27, 2007
This is Money,Two forms of equity release are offered by lenders, lifetime mortgages and home reversion plans - both of which are now regulated by the FSA.

Onwards and upwards  -  Jul 23, 2007
Mortgage Solutions,The advent of lifetime and reversion plan drawdown arrangements has given many customers the safer option of taking their equity in smaller chunks,

Equity release up a third in 2007  -  Jul 23, 2007
ifaonline.co.uk,However, home reversion plans have suffered because of new regulations imposed this year. Dean Mirfin, business development director at KRS, comments: “Home

Little moves to Home & Capital  -  Aug 1, 2007
Mortgage Solutions,Marshall commented on the appointment: “Home & Capital has changed its business model from a home reversion provider to an equity release supply business

Crown Equity Release warns pensioners over sale-and-rent schemes  -  Jul 31, 2007
Money Marketing,If in retirement you are selling on reversion or mortgaging your home for financial reasons then the last thing you will want to do is pay rent.

New broker group launched  -  Jul 30, 2007
Money Management,The same standards will apply to home reversion schemes and shared appreciation mortgages once these equity release products become available.

Survival of trapped miners called unlikely  -  Aug 20, 2007
Ontario Argus Observer,Mine inspectors were even renamed “compliance assistance specialists’’ until an outcry forced a reversion to the original job title.

Equity Markets rebounding after FOMC  -  Aug 8, 2007
FXstreet.com The Futures Market,Overnight, the Mean-Reversion Model for Equities was stopped out of Tokyo Electric Power Company (9501:xtks). At the same time, the model gives another

Pensioners beware of sale-and-rent back  -  Jul 29, 2007
Finance Markets,These include downsizing to a smaller property, a lifetime mortgage and a home reversion plan. With a lifetime mortgage, homeowners can borrow against the

It's up; it's down…it's up again…  -  Aug 20, 2007
Bits of NewsInterestingly, a Baltimore talk radio host, Ron Smith, thinks that is what is happening now - a reversion to the mean. He talked about this on his show

Crown Equity Release warns industry against sale-and-rent  -  Aug 7, 2007
Mortgage Solutions,If you are selling on reversion or mortgaging your home for financial reasons then the last thing you will want to do is pay rent.

Confidence in equity release increasing - NU  -  Jul 26, 2007
ifaonline.co.uk,Elizabeth Boardall, head of marketing for Norwich Union Post Retirement Products, claims that the FSA decision regulate Home Reversion schemes in April has

EQUITY RELEASED IS UP BY A THIRD AS AGE OF CUSTOMERS FALLS  -  Jul 25, 2007
Firstrung,..."Over the same period, home reversion plans have fallen to just 6 per cent of all plans taken out (8 per cent in previous year), reflecting the regulation

Retired homeowners release £300m in equity on properties  -  Jul 24, 2007
The Herald,But at the same time the number of people taking out home reversion plans, under which they sell a proportion of their home, fell to account for just 6% of

Equity release withdrawals at £300m  -  Jul 24, 2007
Channel 4 News,People can either sell a portion of their home to a home reversion company for a lump sum, or they can take out a lifetime mortgage against the value of

Equity released up by a third  -  Jul 24, 2007
Mortgage Introducer,...“Over the same period, home reversion plans have fallen to just 6 per cent of all plans taken out (8 per cent in previous year), reflecting the regulation

Demand for drawdown soars, says KRS  -  Jul 23, 2007
Mortgage Strategy,He adds: “Over the same period, home reversion plans have fallen to just 6% of all plans taken out from 8% in previous year, reflecting the regulation of

Short Squeeze, Panicked Institutional Sellers Have Been Warping ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Seeking Alpha,...news to justify the price changes, and the reasons and pressures underlying the behavior shall eventually pass, leading to performance reversion.

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