If GM can continue to hold the line, transaction prices should stay strong and add to profitability.
In an era where e-commerce and social media is continuing to blur the transaction line, the solution is as easy to pinpoint as a moving target.
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"This transaction is in line with Carrefour's new strategy of focusing on geographies and countries in which it holds or aims to develop a leading position, " the company said in a statement.
"This transaction is in line with BP's strategy to focus on a smaller number of higher-value assets with long-term growth potential and to continue the simplification of our portfolio with a further reduction of operated infrastructure and wells, " said BP chief executive Bob Dudley.
Only when the option is exercised does a transaction with tax and bottom-line implications take place.
The point is that somewhere along the line, there has to be an actual transaction involved - and the system for deriving the Barclays interbank borrowing rate from those transactions has to be entirely transparent.
An online payment system not unlike PayPal, the company says the plain-sounding-but-ominous-in-a-sci-fi-way Credits will streamline commerce on Facebook (games first), and, with Zuckerberg and Co. taking a 30% cut of every transaction, perhaps fatten the bottom line one day.
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Raw transaction data is the messy one-line sentence that appears on a bank or credit card statement.
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Philips officials said that they expect the line to be popular with financial institutions and other industries that have transaction-based applications.
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Anglo American expects the transaction to close in the second half of 2012, in line with its previously stated timeline.
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The transaction would combine two highly complementary product and technology portfolios, adding LaCie's line of premium branded consumer storage solutions, network-attached storage solutions and software offerings to Seagate's array of mainstream consumer storage products.
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