What does EV stand for?

Determine the expected enterprise value at the end of the investment horizon.

The definition of "enterprise value" provided in the Draft Regulations differs depending on the type of transaction contemplated: For acquisitions of control of a publicly traded Canadian corporation, the enterprise value of the Canadian corporation's assets is equal to its market capitalization plus its total liabilities minus its cash and cash equivalents.

Enterprise value is jargon for how much the purchaser will pay.

A source close to the deal told the press the acquisition is based on an enterprise value of more than $300 million.

And 47pc of enterprise value was ascribed to goodwill in recent corporate transactions.

Pink Sheets:ALIN), a company engaged in telecommunications, multimedia, and IT development today announced that on December 12, 2008 the Company signed a definitive agreement to acquire a ten percent ownership in Chinese Media Group Corporation (CMGC), a company focused on providing multi-media contents to overseas Chinese, which has the potential to reach an enterprise value of more than $300 million in the next three to five years.

The private investment management company represents several billion dollars in enterprise value and employs more than 3,500 workers worldwide.

The Journal Register Company has an enterprise value ?