This improvement is principally due to higher auction and private sale commission revenues, partially offset by an increase in operating expenses that is due, in part, to higher incentive compensation costs, a higher level of direct costs consistent with the volume and composition of auction sales, and the cost of investments in strategic initiatives.
Tilton played the sex-kitten card during the mid-1990s when she worked on the sales and trading desk of Amroc Investments, on the phone with buyers of loans and high-yield debt.
Demand continues to outweigh the number of properties for sales, igniting investments and development land sales.
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He aims to gain implicit control with a 20% to 30% stake in each, and to build a web of mutual cross-investments with sales, marketing and supply ties.
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In some cases direct sales has earned a weak reputation, while on the flip side Warren Buffett has called his stake in direct sales company The Pampered Chef one of the best investments he ever made.
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The second element is an acceleration of sales of shareholdings in other big German companies, worth about euro14 billion, and of private-equity investments.
The retailer's fourth-quarter results beat expectations, but Best Buy gave a cautious outlook on the first quarter because it is ramping up investments and the timing of some sales has changed from last year.
With a healthy pipeline of business and a plan to continue investments in sales, marketing and product development, we are well-positioned to continue to gain market share and grow our business.
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She says bankers typically fund these investments with their years of accumulated bonuses and stock sales.
High unemployment rates and lack of available credit will not help car sales, notes David Joy, chief market strategist at RiverSource Investments.
Let me start by asking a few questions with the intent of pointing out the obvious: what better time could there possibly be to ramp-up sales and marketing investments than when your competition is slashing costs and going into hibernation?
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