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There is a growing belief that this spectacular sell-off portends more than just a periodic shift in the market cycle.

Today, Kodak is trying to sell off its cache of digital patents, which may in fact be worth more than the company's market cap.

Following the bond market sell-off the remaining difference seems manageable, particularly since the risk on inflation is only latent.

The first decision was to concentrate on the Ford brand and sell off the PAG businesses even if it meant taking a loss.

While you think about it, let me tell you why I'm convinced the China sell off could continue.

However, equities ended off their lows as some analysts said the sell-off was overdone, though the decline was still the largest in a month.

Or Lehman has been trying to sell off some of its assets, including its asset management unit to raise money.

They seem to be betting on whatever did worst during the sell-off and whatever would benefit from a rebound in the economy.

Unfortunately for the optimists, despite the long sell-off, financial shares still do not look like bargains by historical standards.

The fear was that the company would have to sell off a major part of its asset base to stay liquid.

He is trying to sell off $500bn of assets and get $15bn off the cost base, keep the unions off his back, and reassure shareholders.

Mechanism design is the foundation for the sophisticated auctions that have been used to sell off broadcast spectrum.

In equities, the widespread sell-off may have been a reaction to the overoptimism that prevailed earlier this year.

As if Tuesday's sell-off on the stock market weren't enough to be worried about, now comes some more ominous news.

Asian shares were lower while U. S. stock futures were pointing to a bit of a rebound after a sharp sell-off on Wednesday.

Despite the downgrade, US government debt was one of the big beneficiaries of the sell-off .

The company had sought to sell off major assets to help repay the United States. But it has struggled to find buyers willing to pay enough.

It is trying to keep its businesses stable and its employees motivated while also laying plans to sell off big chunks of the company.

"We are still trying to sell off the additional linen we had to purchase, " the official complains.

On Thursday, Spain's financial markets were largely down, in line with a broader sell-off across Europe.

We've had a great earnings season so far, so I'm concerned that we'll get a post election sell-off from profit-taking.

So it would seem as stocks greeted some of the strongest signs yet of a global recovery with a hefty sell-off.

A sell-off on Wednesday had pushed yields up to the 3. 50 percent area, which had recently attracted strong buying.

Despite these frantic moves in the immediately affected markets, however, there was no sharp sell-off in other asset classes.

The clarification appeared to spook investors enough to trigger the sell-off.

The markets were already jittery after poor US consumer confidence numbers on Friday, which had prompted a sell-off in New York.

As canaries in coal mines go, mining shares tend to be reliable harbingers of a sell-off in industrial commodities in a downturn.

Coming off Monday's sell-off, investors seem to have scant appetite to own more stocks.

But I think on a longer-term basis after the sell off, you see that investors are slowly coming back.

Ms Olney said: "There has been a mass sell-off of risk and a mad dash into defensive stocks" .

GM has been trying to sell off some of its international substituties asit faces severe finacial problems in the US.

She vowed to address this month the biggest immediate question facing the company: whether to sell off the PC business.

So far the funds have performed badly as they were launched just before a sharp sell-off in the previously unshakeable market.

It is lumpy: you can offload parts of your share portfolio, but you cannot sell off the kitchen.

Finally, optimists dismiss the notion that stocks will have to fall because credit is in the midst of a renewed sell-off.

As corporate earnings improve, equities will gain late this year and next and Treasuries will sell off, he said.

Once, this would have been enough to trigger a sharp sell-off, but investors now enthusiastically ignore entreaties.

However, the sell-off in China appeared to have no effect on other Asian markets, which mostly closed higher yesterday.

The global equity sell-off more than eradicated all this year's gains as investors fled risky assets and volatility surged.

It would be Russia's biggest asset sell-off since the botched loans-for-shares privatisations of the 1990s.

The U. S. central bank has cut the key interest rate in an effort to boost the troubled U. S. economy and stop a global sell-off of stocks.

We all know how Dubai World Ports was forced to sell off its portfolio of US ports after it had acquired P&O.

The EUR doesn't need much of an excuse to sell off at present, with a softer IFO likely to provide further reason to offload long positions.

The news also leaves the plan to sell off part of the company under a cloud.

But if China starts to dump Treasury bills, such a large sell-off would only push down the value of the dollar.

Where the delay exceeds three months, the customs may instruct the guarantor to pay the duties or sell off the goods to offset the duties.

Asia continued to participate in the major global equity markets sell-off Friday.

This should allow the insurer to meet its obligations until it is able to sell off some of the assets on its $1, 000bn balance sheet.

But Tim Bond of Barclays Capital reckons it is only a matter of time before the Treasury-bond sell-off leads to higher spreads.

But there was a sell-off, which sent gilt yields 17 basis points higher, and dragged the pound up with it.

The natural effect of a default is a sell-off of bonds and a leap in yields. But some now doubt the obvious.

Immediately before the sell-off , investors priced risk exuberantly . At the end of it , risk was priced fearfully .

And ultimately, the list helped lead me to the decision to sell off everything I owned to live out my dreams of travel and adventure now.

So, I don't think the end of the sell-off is over by any means, but I also don't believe we're headed for financial apocalypse.

A crisis of confidence has already occurred in US-listed China plays, where instances of dodgy accounting have led to a sharp sell-off.

One analyst said there was "no arguing with panic" in the sell-off.

I'm inclined to think a Chinese sell-off of U. S. Treasuries would on balance benefit the United States.

In absolute terms, though, neither junk nor investment-grade bonds are seeing anything like the sell-off they had last summer.

This latest sell-off comes in a year when Gates has sold some 90 million shares in total.

Mr Verwaayen soon cut costs and set the company back on the road to profits, after taking the bold decision to sell off its mobile business.

The beige book is especially important after cautious words from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke last week led to a sell-off in stocks .

Analysts say Vale would have to sell off some of its nickel to get over some regulatory hurdles.

The proposed package would aim to sell off these mortgage-related debts in the future when, the Treasury says, their value might have risen.

Rumours of King Bhumibol's death last October sparked a two-day equities sell-off and a furious government witch-hunt for rumour-spreaders.

Any sign of peripheral weakness is then accompanied by a sell-off in European stocks and a spike in FX volatility.

In the downdraft from a commodity sell-off, the dollar would be the perverse winner.

EU officials have been discussing a bailout in the wake of a 13-day Irish bond-sell off that only eased at the end of last week.

As a result, Yule decided to sell off the apartment and move to a smaller unit.

Once established it would be difficult to run down or sell off such institutions.

In a longer term, however, the panic sell -off could drive prices down into true capitulation which often follows by a tradable bounce.

The sell-off goes beyond financials , as earnings multiples on non- financial stocks are approaching their lows from the last bear market .

The bank is exploring a sell-off of its branches and credit-card business in America, to refocus on corporate banking there.

Greek bonds, however, continued to sell off.

Thus, we tend to this that the euro is still at risk from a sell off as risk events start to crop up.

The bank jumped 10 per cent yesterday, in spite of a widespread sell-off in the financial sector.

Concern over the effectiveness of the package was central to the sell-off of Italian shares and bonds that began on Friday.

Here's Dell's problem: HP would demand a premium, and the sell-off would quickly turn into a bidding war.

They have been forced to raise new capital and to sell off bits of the company.

The remark triggered a sharp sell-off in risk and expectations for a new term solution to the European debt crisis came crashing down.

It is no coincidence that the sell-off underway in the MBS market started as the Treasury began selling.

The downgrade led to a steep sell-off in the Greek, Spanish and Portuguese bond markets, adding to their borrowing costs.

Fears that China might clamp down on bank lending prompted a sell-off in the previous session.

Proponents of the 'dollar trap' view argue no reasonable creditor would undermine its asset values by a starting a dollar sell-off.

They would almost certainly sell off the Asian assets and slash all but the most central operations of the core business.

They're looking to sell off-the-shelf energy-monitoring products to cash-strapped consumers looking to lower their bills.

Kinder Morgan will sell off El Paso's exploration and production business to help pay for its purchase.

After completing its review of the deal, CFIUS suggested in February that Huawei should sell off the assets.

The last thing they want is for dollar weakness to lead to a Treasury sell-off and premature upward pressure in those rates.

The sharp sell-off that started in January begins to look like a correction and nothing more.

Singapore's surprise decision to widen its trading band against a basket of currencies contributed to a wider US dollar sell-off .

If some bank or big hedge fund has been caught out by the sudden sell-off, the events of February 27th could have lasting implications.

Regional markets, many of which had fallen sharply during Monday's global sell-off, rebounded on the cut.

The financial system will probably survive this sell-off: the global economy looks resilient enough.

Fox news channel Shepard Smith has just reported that GM will sell off the Pontiac brand and close even more factories.

Of course, China could sell off some of its enormous reserves of U. S. Treasury securities.

Credit markets in Europe are vulnerable to a further sell-off even after the EU debt deal was passed last week.

Last week ended with a risk off tone filtering through markets as unrest in Egypt provoked a sell-off in risk assets.

It could also sell off its dialup business, which provides cash flow, but is nearing the end of its useful life.

Dutch electronics giant Philips is to sell off its home entertainment business, including hi-fis and DVD players, to Japan's Funai Electric.

Many market participants have been surprised by the magnitude of the recent sell-off.

The company wants to sell off its less productive factories.

While a replay of the May sell-off looks unlikely, the pace of investors getting back into risky assets may be moderate.

Meanwhile, the dollar pulled back from a 15-month low on a trade-weighted basis as its recent sell-off ran out of steam.

To meet debt payments, new owners often had to sell off poor-performing divisions or shrink payrolls, and then employees lost jobs.

The decline partly reflects the global sell-off in equities as a result of the credit crunch.

He is also planning to sell off a large stake in the company's profitable finance subsidiary, General Motors Acceptance Corp.

It doesn't mean prices will have to sell off. Sell-off is not a direct consequence of high speculative net lengths.

After the war we were forced to sell off part of the farm .

In January, Navy officials decided to dispose of, sell off or give away the vessel, which is docked at Pearl Harbor.

It's relative resilience looks unsustainable and a deeper sell off looks likely.

After September's Federal Open Market Committee meeting which formally revealed "Operation Twist" , the sell-off in risk assets accelerated.

Other eurozone bond markets saw a sell-off but it was milder than Tuesday's, with French, Spanish and Belgian yields all rising.

Despite his spokeswoman saying he had no special information on the stricken plant, unnerved investors accelerated the sell-off.

But a sudden upturn in consumer- or corporate-debt defaults could prompt a sell-off in the bond markets.

The sell off though is unlikely to occur until investors start betting on an upturn and that is more likely to be in 2009.

A broad sell-off in emerging-market currencies in recent weeks may be an early sign of softer growth ahead.

Demerger A corporate strategy to sell off subsidiaries or divisions of a company.

An orderly sell-off of bonds would not unduly worry investors and would fit with their scenario of rising "risk" assets.

Options barriers on the way down could prevent a more rapid sell-off, with 1. 2033 seen as the next support level.

The quarter-point cuts in its federal funds rate and discount rate on December 11th were followed by a steep sell-off in the stockmarket.

Regulators would then keep the firm operating long enough to prevent a panic and slowly sell off its pieces.

SunYuTian home economic condition of the big four have to sell off as formerly, jewelry, dismissed the servant.

But the sell-off may also be feeding off another part of the world, namely China.

Much of the sell-off is down to returning risk appetite, which can also be seen in the equity rally.

The recent sell-off in stock markets is likely to impact upon sentiment in the near term as fund managers brace for redemptions.

There, the provincial government authorized individual state-run enterprises to sell off their housing stock inexpensively to their workers.

The equity market sell-off could be ascribed to the same weak growth numbers that sparked the commodity decline.

For bulls, a brief pause this week in the sell-off indicates China's recovery will not be easily derailed.

Splits within the EU over how to help Greece have prompted a sell-off in the single currency, knocking it down 10 percent since December.

As a result, they may have played the recent sharp sell-off in world markets rather better than everyone else.

China's stock market rose to a new peak yesterday as investors shrugged off a broad-based regional sell-off .

Concerns over a possible debt default by Dubai World triggered a sell-off in stocks globally on Friday.

Some of Garcia's associates have been caught on tape talking about how to sell off the Amazon to their cronies.

But is the run-up in Baidu overdone? And what about the sell-off in Google? Well, some think that both stocks are still a buy.

No one may traffic in, transfer, alter, forge or sell off any Automatic Export License for Textile Products.

Break it up and sell off the pieces.

It will also have to sell off its insurance business, which includes the Churchill, Direct Line and Green Flag brands.

US and European government bond markets rallied in the face of the equity sell-off.

The trigger for the market sell-off was fears of monetary tightening, not a no-confidence vote in the economy.

Data also indicate business spending on equipment and software quickened, despite the sharp sell-off on global stock markets.

Sell off RAI (television), Enel (electricity), Eni (oil), Finmeccanica (defence and aeronautics) and BancoPosta (post-office banking).

Such a sell-off, in a market that is still small and illiquid, need not have much effect on the world economy.

A clampdown on a prominent web firm could startle investors and prompt a broader sell-off, as could a financial scandal.

New issues have been a big factor in the sell-off.

If Tuesday's sell-off in global stocks is anything to go by, markets may not have yet fully priced in the extent of the coming slowdown.

While the Eur could see a intra-day sell off due to the negative data, we should continue to see steady appreciation near term.

A sell-off of assets owned by Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland may eventually restore some competition to the banking market.

So the question was not so much if a spin-off or sell-off would happen, but when.

The disappointing first quarter U. S. growth numbers Thursday were followed by a sell-off of U. S. dollars.

A failure to agree in principle on measures is likely to trigger a sell-off in peripheral government bonds.

But the sharp sell-off is enough to spark the interest of some deep- value investors .

Asia's sell-off followed big stock losses Thursday in the United States and Europe.

Many people have asked, given that the product is still selling, why Cisco didn't sell off the Flip.

That could spark a sell-off of Greek debt, with systemic implications akin to a default.

The company was forced to sell off its assets.

However, shareholders will likely sell off their retail stocks on this news.

Asian markets suffered broad losses, however, as investors took their lead from Wednesday's hefty sell-off on Wall Street.

gushed one man, who identified himself only as Mr Wang, brushing off the day's small sell-off.

Yesterday, a judge allowed the automaker to sell off its most unaffordable brands, its dealerships and plants.

There are probably three key signs that will indicate whether the recent sell-off is becoming more significant.

Fears it might follow its recent interest rate increase with another rise largely prompted Friday's market sell-off.

Global stocks are plunging in another broad sell-off, as investors grow concerned about an economic slowdown.

Most markets in Asia were down between2 and3 percent by early afternoon, their biggest drops since the sell-off two weeks ago.

But within a month, Dow Jones' executives had put in motion a plan to sell off their interest in the Post.

A sell-off on Wall Street today, and part of the reason is because Americans aren't shopping.

Opel's own brand difficulties, including a partial sell-off of GM's interest, could slow development down, however.

While this should hurt Treasurys and the dollar, a simple, straight-line sell-off is unlikely.

But a stubborn streak of speculative interest in the market remained, in spite of the broad sell-off.

Given those projections, the bond sell off could simply signal expectations of stronger growth.

After the war, we had to sell off part of the farm.

A broad sell-off yesterday saw financial, commodity and property stocks particularly hard hit.

Don't sell a quiet market after a fall because a low volume sell-off is actually a very bullish situation.

An early morning sell off of risk has been replaced with aggressive buying ahead of the pending London open.

Detain and sell off dutiable goods or other properties valued at that tax payable and withhold tax from the proceeds.

Some expected Apple's shares to sell off after the report as investors took profits following another solid report.

Initial reports blamed the sell off on Apple's cautious guidance for the current quarter.

Traders noted a late sell-off in small-cap shares, which have recently outperformed the broader market.

These were the pivot points of the big sell-off and the subsequent recovery.

Before markets opened, there were worries that bad news from Hungary and Ireland could trigger a sell-off.

The flurry of activity came against the backdrop of another big sell-off in markets.

The simplest explanation for the emerging markets sell-off is profit-taking.

Commodity prices, even after the summer sell-off, remain well above marginal production costs.

The sell-off forced the Bangkok Stock Exchange to impose its first suspension of trading before shares eventually closed down 15 per cent.

No shipments or deliveries may take place after the end of the Sell-Off Period.

Worries about European debt problems were the root cause for Thursday's steep sell-off.

Those fears do persist, however, and were cited in some news reports as a reason for Tuesday's sell-off in global stocks.

Are they going to sell off a business they helped build themselves? How will they think about the types of people that they need to remove?

The sharp sell-off in Asian equity markets in May and June is fast fading in the memory of investors in the region.

This sell-off sent ripples through the financial system because of the strange symbiosis between governments and banks.

Such dreadful news on the economy and earnings, undiscounted by the market, can be expected to prompt a big equity sell-off.

In most cases, the stock will sell off after a gap up, and the high price of the day will occur in the first 5 minutes of trading.

But history tells us that the massive sell-off in stocks is similar in magnitude to the average sell-off since 1890.

A sharp sell off in gilts would spill over rapidly to sterling and probably hit stock sentiment too.

The sell-off comes after the Fed took a much more cautious view of the recovery.

Tim Bond of Barclays Capital says the sell-off in senior bank debt is "completely baseless" .

But the government plans to sell off many of its state-owned utilities to help pay Greece's debts.

Otherwise, financial companies bore the brunt of the day's sell-off.

The reflexive sell-off was heaviest in the energy, industrial and material sectors.

If any good is to come from this sharp equity sell-off, it will be as an aide memoire.

It is far too early to say that; there was a similar sell-off this time last year.

Mr Djankov worries that the indiscriminate sell-off of recent weeks may dishearten reformers.

Mr Chang believes a failure to close a deal before the election will not trigger a property sell-off.

Any panicky market sell-off should be seen as buying opportunities.

We will sell off the old stocks at half price and anything remaining will be thrown away.

Locals said that the personnel from these camps were forcing them to sell off their land very cheaply.

Wall Street rebounded from Tuesday's huge sell-off with the Dow gaining more than 50 points in Wednesday's trading.

BANKERS and investors might not agree, but the recent sell-off in financial markets is good news.

The fresh sell-off triggered predictions that a second radical cut in US interest rates could come as early as next week.

Was the commodity sell-off good news?

The measures include moves to sell off state assets and changes in the tax and pension regimes.

Gains scored on Wall Street after Tuesday's sell-off also weighed on Treasuries prices.

Bank share prices once again bore the brunt of the equity market sell-off.

A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock-holders sell off their Times stock.

By this calculation, the Telstra sell-off today SouFun 38% of the shares, cash 326 million U. S. dollars.

Taiwanese financial institutions have seen a sell-off over the past few weeks.

The sell-off on China's bank shares Wednesday should be largely a knee-jerk reaction, because the banks' fundamentals remain intact.

Analysts are saying the Asian sell-off defies market fundamentals.

Its sell-off, we now can see, reflected a rise in aversion to risk that had its roots elsewhere.

This also applies to Treasury's aim for banks to use the schemes to sell off tainted assets.

China was hit hard during the January sell-off in global equities.

The main problem is that serious consequences than sell off very easily result in the intensification of market fluctuations.

An interesting idea. Sell off chunks of GM to others with better business models.

In today's trading, Lehman shares held steady until a late-day sell off pushed them lower.

Even Shanghai, which has been largely immune to the recent equity sell-off, came under fire.

The latest dollar sell-off has brought records in its wake.

Oil prices rebounded slightly after Thursday's sharp sell-off took oil prices below the $49 a barrel mark.

The sell-off renewed fears that markets may lose faith in Greece altogether.

The statement followed a sell-off of Taiwanese financial stocks.

That the sell-off was not even worse primarily reflects the possibility that a deal may yet happen.

before facing sell-off on profit-taking and concern of tightening of credit and lending by the Chinese government.

Greece, and not China, has been the focus of investors' concerns during this year's sell-off and subsequent recovery.

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It started with stocks more overvalued than ever before - and the sell-off stopped before a return to normal valuations.

Stocks continue their slide with investors favoring a sell-off.

That suggests the recent sell-off could be overdone.

Many worried that interest rates would skyrocket and the markets sell off.

The sharp sell -off in the final hour of trading sent the stocks tumbling Thursday.

Lehman and others denied those rumours but that did little to prevent a sharp sell-off in their stocks.

Electronics giant Sony was hit by the sell-off, losing 3. 66% of its share price.

The move comes as oil prices on Tuesday recovered from a sell-off last week.

If they needed to sell off holdings to raise cash, it could cause markets to tumble.

If the Fed raises rates to 4% by late 2013, as the consensus expects, bonds will sell off violently.

by some estimates it could be 5 to 8 years before banks sell off their entire stock of foreclosed upon housing inventory.

It's undemocratic: We never voted for privatisation, and polls have shown between 84~95% opposition to the sell-off plan!

We try to sell off any leftover cakes before we close.

Current valuations, even after the recent sell-off, are still sky high.

Treasurys have seen weaknesses exposed after a recent sell-off.

Earlier this year, the government was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on a plan to sell off state-owned forests.

These policies have enough firepower to blunt the sell-off, to reverse it, and to jump-start economic growth by the middle of next year.

That could require it to sell off more assets, or raise more funds from the government or private investors.