101.   Ian Strachan, chief executive, said he would consider any and all means to sell the businesses, including spin-offs.

102.   In addition Accor has sold peripheral businesses.

103.   In January, Fleet said it would sell three businesses that no longer fit its core strategy.

104.   In October, the bank said it will consider selling businesses, closing branches and slashing jobs from the payroll.

105.   In Woodhaven, store owners said that in the initial years after Pathmark came to the area, some owners sold their businesses.

106.   It also announced that it was eliminating its dividend and planned to sell non-core businesses.

107.   Investors get their money back when those businesses are sold or go public.

108.   It has been selling businesses, including its consumer truck-rental business, and concentrating on logistics, managing and moving goods for other companies.

109.   It has already restructured, shedding thousands of jobs and selling nonessential businesses.

110.   It has sold businesses outside its main expertise, such as Rover cars, a construction group and property.