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Recent Examples of fire sale
Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024
Facing default or a fire sale, owner Prophet Walker reached for a lifeline.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
As a result of the unintended consequences of U.S. and European actions in financial markets, there is now the possibility that, even with this latest bailout, China could buy such sensitive assets from Europe, at fire-sale prices.
—Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2011
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The turbulence, from fire sales to shutdowns to layoffs, also coincide with an advertising market that continues to struggle.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024
Facing default or a fire sale, owner Prophet Walker reached for a lifeline.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
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But the Great Financial Crisis sent the finance arm reeling, and in 2015, Immelt sold its assets at fire-sale prices to such buyers as Wells Fargo and Blackstone.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
As a result of the unintended consequences of U.S. and European actions in financial markets, there is now the possibility that, even with this latest bailout, China could buy such sensitive assets from Europe, at fire-sale prices.
—Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2011
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The grant from San Jose Water will help the council with its efforts to improve roadway signage and vegetation clearance to improve access for emergency vehicles in Aldercroft Heights, a community just south of the Lexington Reservoir in the Santa Cruz Mountains.Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Indy homicide:Indianapolis killings in October 2024 Police have so far solved 65 cases, a clearance rate of 36.6%, according to monthly data provided by IMPD.John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2024
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What typical purchases will likely get pricier during the next Trump era?Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Shortly after the purchase, Elshair approached England and JP Gage, now TPC’s chief operating officer, to lead the rebooted company.Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Norse Atlantic Airways, a discount European airline, recently revealed dozens of flight deals on flights from the United States to Europe throughout the rest of 2024 and early 2025 as part of a September Sale.Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2024
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Those ties have been buoyed by discount Russian oil purchases from China and sanctions-hit Russia’s increasing reliance on Chinese consumer goods amid its economic isolation.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
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And when their family needed help scraping together enough money for their second month of rent, the Johnstons hosted a weekend garage sale at their Denver home.Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the show’s fourth season, Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M (oh, the shame!), and Tamra Judge had to fire her maid.Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
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Hasbro is still feeling the impact of a weak 2023 that led to excess inventory and closeouts, as well as growing pains related to its plan to right-size its business and shed less profitable toys and business segments.Joan Verdon, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, these numbers pale in comparison to the Sun’s first-round closeout of Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on ESPN last Wednesday night.Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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This fair is developing a new, more efficient method of technology that doesn’t exist today.Kristen Moon, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Medieval knights, pirates, viking and fairies are swarming over 300 renaissance fairs in America right now, according to The Renlist.Analis Bailey, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
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In particular, the role of non-neuronal cells called glial cells—of which astrocytes are an example—has undergone wholesale re-examination.Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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The returns came as voters appeared in a mood for wholesale changes at the highest levels of the East Bay’s political scene.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The farmers market, plant sales, ‘Movies in the Gardens,’ neighborhood cleanups, rummage sales, trick-or-treating, ‘National Night Out,’ educational programs, and an array of performances are just a few of the many events that use the space throughout the year.Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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When the museum couldn’t authenticate it, it was sold at a rummage sale.Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Fire sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20sale. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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