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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Has any account been taken of the record of those advisers in past sell-offs?
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The sell-offs had a dramatic effect because some of the businesses were loss-makers which dragged down profits last time.
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Unless safeguards are introduced, sell-offs will occur.
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With no new junk deals sold yet this year, demand outweighed pressure from the sell-off in Treasurys, traders added.
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With the Treasury market sell-off , buyers saw higher-yielding mortgagebacked bonds as a safe harbor, traders said.
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Would the Minister find it acceptable if the same sort of windfall profits were made by the beneficiaries of the sell-offs?
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Yesterday, as the sell-off gained momentum, the stock plunged 31 / 4 to close at 281 / 4 on Nasdaq.