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Stirfried carrots, tofu, red bell peppers, green onions, corn and thai basil in cocos curry; mini avocado rolls.

Backdated Bento #13 & #14 « Were rabbits 2006

Amongst other things we found here a kind of fruit called cocos, which because it is not commonly known with us in England, I thought good to make some description of it.

Sir Francis Drake’s Famous Voyage Round the World 1909

Credit Suisse recently sold $2 billion worth of contingent convertible bonds—known as "cocos"—to raise capital after its original offer to sell one billion Swiss francs of the securities was 22 times subscribed, Mr. Abbasi said.

Credit Suisse Sees Asian Share of Profit Jumping Alison Tudor 2011

A move away from awarding bonuses on share price performance is also being considered by Barclays, which is asking its investors to back a proposal to pay part of its directors' bonuses in contingent convertible securities – known as cocos – which are related to the capital cushion of a bank.

HSBC provokes investor concern with pay plan for top bankers 2011

The wine always used and drunk there is made from palms, by cutting off the clusters of fruit that they produce, when green -- that fruit is called cocos -- from which, after cutting the leaf stalks, they gather the liquor that flows forth, and boil it in jars, until it becomes so strong that it causes intoxication and has the same effects as the strongest

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55 1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Emma Helen Blair 1884

The bank also plans to pay some of its staff bonuses in contingent convertible bonds, known as "cocos", which some investors think are too generous.

WalesOnline - Home 2011

The arrangement will improve Chelsea's threadbare 8. 5pc core tier-one capital ratio to about 10pc, or almost 12pc if the "cocos" are included.

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Influential industry body the Association for British Insurers has assigned an "amber top" rating to the bank's 2010 pay practices, saying that "it is now up to shareholders to make considered judgments on the remuneration report and the use of synthetic cocos to pay executives."

Barclays CEO Faces Pay Backlash Margot Patrick 2011

Without these activities, the issuance of cocos is not necessary.

Credit Suisse Defends Co-Co Bonds Katharina Bart 2011

It is clear to all involved that the conversion of cocos is a last-ditch safeguard to avoid insolvency or similar events, and that conversion is a situation best avoided if at all possible, ISS said in shareholder recommendations seen by Dow Jones Newswires.

Credit Suisse Defends Co-Co Bonds Katharina Bart 2011