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20:32 Feb 6, 2010 |
Norwegian to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Dawn Nixon Norway Local time: 02:54 | ||||||
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4 | reduced our holding in |
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3 +1 | sell-down |
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3 | Sell off |
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Sell off Explanation: I believe it has to do with selling shares -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2010-02-06 23:52:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or selling off Reference: http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/politikk/article2139532.e... Reference: http://www.dn.no/forsiden/energi/article239370.ece |
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reduced our holding in Explanation: Fairly common use, also 'reduce stake in' Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE5BA08720091211 Reference: http://www.azom.com/News.asp?NewsID=14961 |
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sell-down Explanation: Used most often in the verb form: "Satellite provider says it will consider its next steps. British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC Thursday lost its latest attempt to stop the U.K. government forcing it to sell down its 17.9% holding in broadcaster ITV PLC, a development likely to renew bid speculation for ITV even as it looks for a new chief executive. The U.K. satellite TV operator has made numerous legal attempts to challenge a ruling by U.K. antitrust authority the Competition Commission that it must sell down the stake in ITV, the U.K.'s largest commercial free-to-air broadcaster by sales, to just 7.5%." But also used as a noun. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-news/... |
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