91. In effect, the bank purchased the loans from the two companies at face value, then sold them at a loss. 92. In Los Angeles, she demonstrated a keen intelligence, fixing up old buildings in the Hancock Park area and selling them at a profit. 93. In practical terms, that means the ability of an individual to buy shares depends on who wants to sell shares at any given moment. 94. In some cases, Barron said, the company had to sell lumber at its own cost, and sometimes even lower. 95. In other countries, particularly Australia, selling real estate at auction is considered the norm. 96. Indians sold their land to the state, which in turn gave it to Revolutionary War soldiers or sold it at a profit to land investors. 97. Increasingly, high-end home buyers are turning house sales into events by selling them at high-end catered auctions. 98. Investors use options --typically the right to buy or sell shares at a specified price within a certain time -- to protect their portfolios against price swings. 99. It buys the crude oil and then sells it at various points along the crude oil distribution chain at a higher price, pocketing the difference. 100. Instead of a scarcity of power, California now has too much, and the state has been selling electricity at a loss or even giving it away. |