With a market value around $6.5 billion, Cadence may be too expensive for the equity firms to wring out lucrative returns.

This could have provided Magnus with a lucrative return for his costly western campaigns, which were unpopular in Norway at the time.

Now, the company will be saddling itself with debt in an effort to generate even more lucrative returns.

Perhaps more important is the lucrative return that Mississippi allows pawnbrokers.

Pragmatic, and keen to guard any potential lucrative return, they kept few historical records.

When the tax benefits ran out after the first few years, inflation pushed the values up fast enough to provide a lucrative return.

But he could cash in with a lucrative return against the 24-year-old German early next year.

Many companies also enjoy far more lucrative returns here than at home, although it may take years to reach that level of performance.

Civil servants often had to pay for promotions and postings in positions known for a lucrative return.

"If we can grow the business and keep our cost structure under control, it will generate an extremely lucrative return."