(n.) Any article or separable part of one's assets.
Example Sentences:
(1) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
(2) The surge the prime minister talks about can only be achieved by coordinating assets across 43 forces.
(3) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(4) Henderson was given permission to join Fulham when Brendan Rodgers arrived at Anfield in 2012 but has since developed into an important asset for the Liverpool manager, to the extent that the 24-year-old is the leading candidate to succeed Steven Gerrard as club captain when the 34-year-old leaves for LA Galaxy.
(5) Half a million homes were sold in Scotland, we lost a huge, huge chunk of stock, and as house prices began to escalate so any asset to the community has gone.
(6) The Press Association tots up a total of £26bn in asset sales last year – including the state’s Eurostar stake, 30% of the Royal Mail and a slice of Lloyds.
(7) And we will sell those assets that can be managed better by the private sector.
(8) If you get a fit Diaby back, it will be a major asset for our team.
(9) Unfortunately, it probably won’t happen with many countries … But if we can have a great relationship with Russia, and China, and all countries, I’m all for that, that would be a tremendous asset.
(10) Glencore has responded in textbook fashion: it has cut operating costs, sold assets and taken the axe to capital investment.
(11) The reputations of companies linked to fossil fuels are at immediate risk from a fast-growing divestment campaign, one of Europe’s biggest asset managers has warned.
(12) But the full detail of the report and the scale of their assets is striking.
(13) Above all, Addis could help close tax loopholes that allow multinational companies to report profits in tax havens – rather than where their workforces, assets or sales are.
(14) The Ministry of Defence has said it is “planning for a seamless transition of assets”.
(15) The decision to split up News Corp followed the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, which focused the attention of investors on the company's newspaper assets, which are far less profitable than its film and TV businesses.
(16) Declarations are not public and the New York Times said four-fifths of the assets it found were held by relatives not covered by party rules, including his mother and various in-laws.
(17) Work with colleagues to retrieve, centrally store, check permissions and give new life to these assets.
(18) A trained economist, Klatten is Germany's richest woman with assets worth $14.3bn (and 58th richest in the world).
(19) He’s struck a few chords with the immigration stuff, and he’s managed to capture the most valuable asset in a campaign, which is the attention of the press.
(20) Whether divorce interrupts the savings process or destroys assets, it is unlikely that most individuals will be able to save enough in later life to overcome the loss.
Merger
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, merges.
(n.) An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Defense Department can object to a merger involving its key suppliers during a federal antitrust review, which in this case could be led by the Justice Department.
(2) Given that O2 and Three have tended to perform better, and that Three’s position as a challenger in the market has driven it to offer a number of consumer-friendly products and features, it is important that the mergers do not adversely affect competition and the level of service that consumers receive in the UK,” Lloyd said.
(3) In his interim Digital Britain report published last month, Carter called for the creation of a "second institution ... with public purpose at its heart" to rival the BBC and mooted the merger of Channel 4 into a wider entity, potentially involving parts of BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm.
(4) So-called 'reverse merger' stocks are companies where a Chinese business obtains a back-door listing by buying a shell company in the US into which it injects assets.
(5) Murdoch has instigated a series of cost-cutting measures in newspapers in London, New York and Sydney as part of financial restructuring ahead of the de-merger.
(6) The £4bn merger between Granada and Carlton TV, effectively creating a single ITV company, has been given the go-ahead by the government.
(7) The UK's largest trade union, Unite, said a merger would have "protected the UK's long-term interests" if it had been accompanied by a jobs guarantee for British employees.
(8) Dennis Stevenson Chairman, HBOS The merger of the Bank of Scotland with Halifax seven years ago catapulted the 63-year-old, who had been chairman of the former building society for only two years, into the chairman's role at one of the UK's largest retail banks.
(9) Talking to clinicians at each of the three sites, it was evident that the vast majority felt no particular allegiance to the larger, merged organisation (SLHT) and, the majority wished to continue working on the individual site they had always worked, in the same manner as prior to the merger.
(10) Politicians could be barred from making decisions on media mergers under measures to be included in a new communications bill, the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt , has said.
(11) Gheit believes the “devastating” losses of the oil sector will increase the likelihood of more merger and acquisition activity following the $70bn takeover plan unveiled earlier this month by Shell on BG.
(12) The merger with Pepkor has given the group a foothold in 30 countries with 6,500 stores.
(13) The FTSE 250 company saw its share price rise 1.4% to 240p, following the decision to call off merger talks.
(14) It was wrong of him to disclose his thoughts about the proposed BSkyB merger to total strangers.
(15) Although we argue a deal is on the cards, we do not believe it will be a mega-merger.
(16) The 2004 merger of Worldwide's DVD release company, BBC Video, with rival VCI created the sixth biggest video company in the UK market and the largest British-owned brand.
(17) In no time, Unilever’s shareholder register would have been populated by merger arbitrage funds.
(18) It is the biggest oil and gas takeover since Shell’s Dutch and British arms were formally merged in 2004, and the 10th biggest mergers and acquisitions deal ever, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
(19) In BBC News, hundreds of jobs are under threat , mostly reporting roles, due to the domestic newsgathering operation's impending merger with the World Service.
(20) A merger of Deutsche Börse and the LSE would create the world's second biggest exchange - only the New York stock exchange would be bigger - and dominate trading in Europe.