If countries are like companies, the Philippines is trading at a bargain-basement price.

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Slim helped build his fortune when he bought Mexico's failing national telephone company at a bargain-basement price from a PRI government.

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Interest rates are already ridiculously low and workers come at a bargain-basement price (as they always do when unemployment is high).

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If it does not hold as promised, NASA will take back a portion of the already bargain basement price it paid Bigelow.

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Son also saw a broad swath of U.S. spectrum controlled by Clearwire just ripe for plucking at a bargain basement price.

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But he pointed out that Roku is able to offer its devices at bargain basement price-points precisely because it does not use Intel products.

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Last-minute bookings are, basically, a way to get rid of stock that's still left on the shelf - you might call it distressed stock that simply won't sell without a bargain basement price label.

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Given its (relatively) bargain-basement price, we aren't sure how well Pioneer's latest nullifies ambient noise, but there's only one way to find out if they can give the best headset ever made a run for its money.

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