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Within a few years, it had broken the business up and sold off the pieces for a fraction of the purchase price.

Instead, it ate up millions of his own dollars and was sold off two years later.

His most interesting legacy, however, may be not what he gave to Chicago, but what he sold off.

Upon his death in 1967 , a quarter of the items were sold off for compote, to a high- class hotel restaurant .

Mr. Cioffi manages some of his own money and has sold off homes in New York and New Jersey.

China sold off the amounts it had bought within a short period.

Replicas of her engagement dress sold off the racks of British clothing stores in under an hour.

European debt is being treated like a risky asset and is now being sold off along with stocks markets.

When the property under lien is converted into money or sold off, its market price should be referred to.

He also axed thousands of jobs, sold off marginal businesses and tried to prepare the firm for the internet-telephony revolution.

But it's unlikely that Cisco's collaboration business is going to be sold off.

If the Rock's mortgages are sold off in a hurry and its franchise, staff and branches dismantled pell-mell, the taxpayer would lose out.

Such flocks, known as "walking checks, " are frequently sold off animal by animal as the owner needs cash.

M. into its equity stake, which is expected to be sold off over time after the company is publicly traded.

Import goods declared to be abandoned by the consignee or the owner shall be taken over and sold off by the Customs in accordance with law.

In one study done in 1992, at least 44% of the companies that were acquired were later sold off -- often at a loss.

Alcan Packaging might then have to be broken up and sold off in divisions to effect a final sale.

Some good news about 2008 was that, in addition to stocks, just about every asset class sold off, creating some remarkable bargains.

Its economy may have been opened up, rigid central planning phased out, competition unchained and shares in state companies sold off.

You see , I was sold off by my parents, and was trained to kill as a child soldier.

Mulally has sold off luxury brands, including Land Rover and Jaguar, and drastically reduced the number of vehicle models produced by Ford.

Before long, two-thirds of the state-owned industries were removed from government control and sold off into the private sector.

Elsewhere across the region, banks rallied as investors snapped up some severely sold off financials.

To survive, those who stayed behind gradually dismantled and sold off what was left, piece by piece.

More important, analysts say the large supply of unoccupied housing needs to be sold off before developers start to build again.

One big hedge fund shareholder, David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital even sold off his shares last week due to the issue.

(A side note: Microsoft later sold off its Apple shares, which would be worth several billion dollars today).

In part, panic selling was to blame, as risk-averse Western investors sold off their foreign holdings.

In roughly half of those cases, the FDIC sold off all of the failed banks' deposits, which meant that no depositors lost money.

Yes, the Jews were taken as slaves to Rome, and then they were sold off and dispersed throughout the nations as slaves.

He sold off money-losing businesses, then bought other businesses that would create a full spectrum of communications companies.

Not only will there be fewer crops harvested, but entire herds of cattle will have to be sold off because they simply cannot be fed.

Unfortunately, many early handmade carousels have been disassembled and sold off in pieces.

Meanwhile, he sold off P& G's slow-growing food businesses, including Jif peanut butter, Sunny Delight orange drink and Folgers coffee.

Treasurys sold off again following the Fed's April meeting, when its policy statement offered little hope of more Treasury purchases.

Over the first fortnight of June, as positive economic data was released, bonds sold off and equities rallied.

After the vote, the euro sold off in late New York trading, breaking two weeks of steady gains against the dollar.

Those banks that cannot raise sufficient capital should be seized and their deposits sold off.

Korean companies brought low by the financial crisis in banking, autos and other industries were sold off to international giants.

The firm sold off its summer stock to be ready for the new winter goods .

The deal almost broke Stagecoach, and most of the US business was sold off at a substantial loss.

But the most intriguing reaction came in equities, which typically cheer a Fed rate cut, but this time sold off on the Fed news.

When data suggested the world was slowly moving out of recession, the dollar sold off.

And he'll get just to Alexandria in Egypt the day after she's been sold off to slavery someplace else.

These loans were sold off to mortgage "trusts, " which, in turn, sliced and diced them into mortgage-backed securities.

The business would then have been sold off, in whole or in part, with any losses imposed on unsecured creditors (including the government).

U. S. Treasuries sold off in Asia, but only after yields hit record lows overnight in the wake of the Fed's actions.

Even gold is being sold off, as assets priced in dollars weaken as the greenback strengthens.

In essence they sold off part of the company to whomever wanted to buy it, which is the essence of the modern day stock market.

Judge Barbier sold off Transocean and Halliburton bonds about a month after the suits came before him.

That is why, even though the global crisis originated in the U. S. , the dollar has strengthened whenever global markets have sold off.

The cold war-era diamond stockpiles held by the US and the old De Beers cartel have also been sold off.

Maddie : This was originally an imperial piece but was later sold off.

But when it faced bankruptcy in 1979, the Swedish state let it go. Its main businesses were sold off to Finnish and Norwegian companies.

Financial markets have sold off recently, in part on worries about corporate earnings.

Bits of it are being sold off piecemeal.

The shift in underlying attitudes became visible when broader markets sold off in July.

This unit is being wound down, and other "non-core" assets are being sold off.

Sun Micro (Taken over by Indian and Chinese workers in 2001, collapsed, has to be sold off to Oracle).

The Leicestershire company has sold off many of its smaller branches to cut debts.

A disappointed Wall Street sold off stocks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 382 points.

Bankrupt enterprise can be sold off in whole or in part.

On Tuesday this trade was triggered as the stock sold off hard.

In theory, they are then to be restructured and sold off.

They sold off significantly yesterday and have continued trading lower today.

Cisco sold off set-top box operations, killed the Flip camera and began laying off as many as 10, 000 workers.

In order to pay her collectors, the countess had the palace dismantled and then sold off its raw materials.

The current owner has ensured that houses are not sold off in the near future.

She sold off everything she owned before flying to America.

The stock and bond markets both sold off soon after the Fed's announcement.

Many old clothes were sold off at greatly reduced prices.

A number of big companies sold off their vaccine-making divisions because they regarded vaccines as commodity products.

The store sold off their old refrigerators.

The site is being sold off to property speculators.

In addition, he believes that IBM can now feel vindicated that they sold off their PC technology in 2005 to Lenovo.

"It shows higher education is being sold off, " says Dr McKerrell.

The Shenzhen Composite Index, tracking China's No. 2 equity market, also sold off Tuesday, dropping 5.

This shop has sold off all of its goods.

Now having sold off my web design clients I have assisted those same children to launch their own businesses.

Recently it has sold off, and it is more than 30 per cent down from its high.

Stocks in China itself have sold off, with the Shanghai Composite now down about 10 per cent from its recent high.

The euro has sold off this morning as we wait for confirmation of the details.

Sold off to market for the meat?

I'm sure if we sold off all our oil reserves to China everyone making the "thats mine because I'm an American" would freak out also. . .

The Aussie and Kiwi both sold off against the yen within minutes of the stamp duty news, by 0. 6 and 0. 8 per cent.

And if Europe sold off all its gold?

Should US or European stocks have sold off on the Chinese news?

Assets in America, South Korea and Australia were sold off.

Under my friend's advice, they sold off their business and rented out their factory.

GM shut down its Pontiac and Saturn brands last year, and sold off Saab a few weeks ago.

The yen, usually attractive during periods of risk aversion, actually sold off on the news due to its physical proximity to the tension;