Thus, a would-be buyer would need to be big enough and have a reason to be involved in the mining business.
Conversely, when advance approval is sought and denied, the would-be buyer can call off the deal before too much water has flowed under the bridge.
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The would-be buyer was a consortium consisting of Anglo American, a mining firm, the Oppenheimer family of South Africa and Debswana, De Beers' joint venture with the government of Botswana.
The NAR also has a lengthy code of ethics which calls for agents to "treat all parties honestly" and to "protect and promote the interests of their client, " whether the client be buyer or seller.
If you have not been working with a buyer's agent, there won't be a buyer's agent fee.
Taken together, this is a much better time to be a buyer than a seller.
That said, I would not be a buyer right now given the policy risk.
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The government says that part of the racing industry itself could be the buyer.
Everybody knows that it's going to be a buyer's market, but not that many people have the money to take advantage of it.
He retains buy ratings on both and said that if United and Delta pull back due to flu fears, he would be a buyer.
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Germany's Allianz listed on the New York stock exchange last year and may be another buyer once it has completed its acquisition of Dresdner Bank.
In the 1990s he figured out that it was probably a lot smarter to sell options than to be a buyer of calls and puts.
But its small debt might allow it to be an acquisitive one--it could be a buyer for the massively over-leveraged Hilton one day, for example.
And those entities that have the cash to buy them are the ones that are essentially going to take advantage of what will be a buyer's market.
Furthermore, the company has a heap of cash and generates tremendous cash flow that it has the ability to be a buyer of some of its smaller rivals with strong prospects.
Why bother trading short term when the Fed Chairman in essence has said that the Fed will be the buyer, or more accurately the provider of new cash, of last resort?
The most eye-catching was a move away from competitive markets, which to some extent would reverse the privatisation of the energy market as there could be a centralised energy buyer that could be government owned or regulated.
But even then, the indefatigable optimist Chu suggests, he'll be an early buyer among the rubble.
An excellent salesman, particularly of his own capabilities, Mr Armstrong turned out to be a terrible buyer.
Best advice to investors: Be an opportunistic buyer when the market panics and stock prices precipitously plunge, again.
Just last week I had an experience that taught me how important this act of connecting can be to a buyer.
Schwab is currently believed to be seeking a buyer for U.S. Trust.
But because the whole lot is being taken by what appears to be a single buyer, there was probably a volume discount involved.
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The lesson to take away is to be an informed buyer.
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In 2006, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit goes into effect, and that could mean the government, eventually, will be the main buyer for many prescription drugs.
In North America, continued confidence that the US economy will stay on its recovery course in 2013 will be essential for buyer and seller price expectations to remain aligned.
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