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  • noun Plural form of disposal.

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Examples

  • While this remains an attractive story, we believe that Aviva would need to engage in disposals of unattractive businesses to reduce leverage which would help drive more comfort around its ability to pay a full cash dividend.

    Aviva targets £400m of savings in cost-cutting drive Julia Kollewe 2010

  • Some analysts said the disposals were a chance for BP to reinvent itself.

    BP to Slim Down, Refocus in Wake of Oil Spill 2010

  • Kripke himself said at the Paley festival early in first season that if he ran things the show would be mostly guys getting their hands caught in garbage disposals in other words, adolescent boy gore and humor He later said that he couldn't believe he was in charge of a show that had gotten so deep into emotions and relationships and even spirituality.

    Me and My Two Minds - Pink Raygun.com 2010

  • The deal will release it from using the APS for GBP260bn of its debts. .. for RBS: The disposals are a condition of placing GBP280bn of bad assets with the APS.

    FXstreet.com 2009

  • The disposals are a direct consequence of the recession/credit crunch in my opinion.

    unknown title 2009

  • "disposals" of $2 million in Yahoo! shares, which of course immediately lower the company's earnings per share.

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  • Bloomberg News Mark Chiba, group chairman and partner of Longreach Group As Japanese companies, particularly sprawling conglomerates, scramble to rebuild their businesses, secure a steady stream of supplies, and contend with damaged factories, industry observers say that the country's natural disaster will accelerate disposals and asset sales.

    Longreach Draws Cash to Japan Deal Fund Mariko Sanchanta 2011

  • Bloomberg News Mark Chiba, group chairman and partner of Longreach Group As Japanese companies, particularly large, sprawling conglomerates, scramble to rebuild their businesses, secure a steady stream of supplies, and contend with damaged factories, industry observers say that the country's natural disaster will accelerate disposals and sell-offs.

    Longreach to Announce $750 Million Japan Fund Mariko Sanchanta 2011

  • For the last three months of the year, the Paris-based group posted organic revenue growth — a key metric in the advertising industry that strips out acquisitions, disposals and currency effects — of 12.5%, almost twice what analysts had expected for the quarter, and a level Publicis hasn't seen since the dot-com boom in the 1990s.

    Strategy Bears Fruit at Publicis Ruth Bender 2011

  • It said it will complete the ongoing asset disposals announced previously as well as "explore new opportunities for noncore assets of the group."

    Monte Paschi Outlines New Plan Sabrina Cohen 2011

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