One of the first business challenges of being entrepreneurs with little start-up capital and momentum was convincing top designers to sell their current fashions at a discounted price.

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For example, those who enter automatic "stop-loss" orders to sell stocks at a certain level below the current price can be knocked out of positions at a loss when a security suddenly tumbles often at prices well below where they expected.

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Because under the terms of its government bailout, RBS has the right to sell new shares to the government at 50p per share, or roughly twice the current price (in technical terms, 50p is the conversion price of RBS's 'B' shares).

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Only one fortune from last year's ranks increased, that of brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh , who agreed to sell their stake in generic drug firm Ranbaxy Laboratories at a hefty premium to its current stock price.

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If the deal is approved, and too many current shareholders want to stay with Verde, shareholders will be required to sell some of their shares at the buyout price.

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