The National Association of Realtors said that contracts for sales of previously owned homes increased more than expected in December, up 2% to 93.7 from a revised figure of 91.9 in November.
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Timber mills are using shorter-term contracts for timber sales.
One of the biggest concern for First Solar is the fact that most of its sales contracts for the year 2011 are based on selling prices which can be revised every quarter.
Furthermore, the project could be delayed if the necessary sales contracts for Tangguh's gas fail to materialise.
About 85 percent of the units were sold within a month worth half a billion dollars in contracts a sales record for Douglas Elliman.
The Chinese company also said nearly all of its silicon needs and sales for 2008 have been secured through contracts and that it is "on track" to grow sales and profit margins during the first quarter, despite snow storms that caused delivery delays.
Buyers say the practice of using deposits for construction was highlighted in most sales contracts, but they didn't expect the projects to grind to a halt.
In a related case, a Mexican citizen, Fernando Basurto, a principal of a Mexican company that served as a sales representative for ABB on its CFE contracts, pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to violate the FCPA and money laundering laws.
So Morgans Chief Executive Edward Scheetz is trying to expand by taking only a 30% interest in new projects and securing management contracts where Morgans is paid 7% of sales in return for its expertise and connections.
Sales contracts have been drawn up after offers were made for Ripley, Sunbury, Frimley, Ash, Lingfield and Byfleet police stations, which were put on the market in spring.
Eight foreign post offices from the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and France have already established sales offices in Britain to compete for bulk mail contracts.
There were highlights for the quarter including stronger online sales, mobile phone, contracts and services sales.
Blackboard's clients were purchasing products and were locked into multiyear contracts, making it easy for the transition to occur without the loss of many sales.
The company hopes that military contracts will help it emerge from bankruptcy and in the future account for 10% of its annual sales, says Malden spokesman David Costello.
And now that it has all but wound down--on Thursday Congress passed a bill giving buyers who had entered contracts before April 30 an extra three months to close their sales--they are looking for ways to imitate its success.
"I wouldn't give up my job for possibly only 12 months of professional rugby, " added Penberthy, who is a sales contracts manager at an energy saving equipment company.
About two-thirds of its sales are attributable to multiyear maintenance, repair and operations contracts, with an average annual retention rate for these contracts since 2000 running at 95%.
Yet its low-cost strategy dovetails with the needs of many carriers that are looking to expand smartphone sales and the lucrative data-service contracts they bring to customers who aren't willing to pay for marquee devices such as Apple Inc.
Ecuador has yet to publicize the remuneration fee it would be willing to pay the foreign firms in new service contracts, but one draft agreement calls for the state to retain at least 25 percent of gross income from extracted oil sales.
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