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[me78]

Hi, I don't understand this one, could you help me
"They include off-the-market traffic forecasts, volatile user charges and lawsuits after acquiring large tracts of land."
Thanks

[Tdol]

If something's off the market, it is done privately, so it could be private land deals, as this seems to be the topic, rather than conventional, official sales. If a charge is volatile it is capable of changing quite dramatically- the opposite of stable- so it could flctuate considerably.

[me78]

If something's off the market, it is done privately, so it could be private land deals, as this seems to be the topic, rather than conventional, official sales. If a charge is volatile it is capable of changing quite dramatically- the opposite of stable- so it could flctuate considerably.

thanks

[me78]

Just one more question. I read an article about an American private -equity funds and one sentence is very strange and I need help.
" Whereas buy-out groups consider America a maturing market, they regard the old world, especially continental Europe, as a land of promise. Its cushioned corporate ways are particularly irresistible: the more padding there is to remove, the greater the potential rewards"
I dont understand the words with red.
maturing means growing up or ready to invest or something like this
thanks
and what is the meaning of the" pace "of leveraged buy-outs

[Tdol]

maturing- getting old
cushioned- protected
irresistible-they want to get hold of the market
padding- excess
In other words, there is a lot of excess and waste in Europe that buy-out groups would like to get their hands on- they buy the companies and strip the excess assets and cash and pocket it.

[me78]

thank you so much, you are great!