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Bernstorff

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[bern-shtawrf] / ˈbɛrn ʃtɔrf /

noun

  1. Count Johann-Heinrich 1862–1939, German diplomat.


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"There are two reasons: companies raising capital to finance acquisitions are going to be very careful about issuing straight stock and, secondly, because the hybrid market is so difficult", Bernstorff added.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2022

"We will see many more convertibles and mandatory convertible instruments because some issuers don't have many alternatives, and investors are still very keen," said Andreas Bernstorff, head of equity capital markets at BNP Paribas.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2022

With the Allied rejections in his pocket, Secretary Lansing put up a stern, uncompromising front when Germany's Ambassador Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff called at his office one day late in April 1916.

From Time Magazine Archive

Holding that the "War would be decided in Washington," Bernstorff vainly tried to. influence his government to concede to U. S. public opinion against unrestricted submarine warfare.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said that without giving them general credence he was impressed by one which had been told him by the wife of the Prussian Minister, Madame Bernstorff.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh