Some stocks are extremely hard to borrow or locate, however, tempting a trader to sell them short without locating them, creating what's called a naked short position.
But independent of the merits of any claims current or future, Facebook is just too tempting a target for consumer groups, ambitious attorneys, and government agencies looking to advance their agendas and careers.
In reality, the WhatsApp active user base that now likely tops 200 million combined with maintaining a torrid growth clip makes the company a tempting target for a variety of companies ranging from Google to Twitter to Amazon.
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Firstly, people who have lent to the government before have learned a lesson: that it is indeed very tempting for a government to inflate their way out of such debts.
Plus, if you've been hunting for a long time, it's a tempting time to take a break.
Putting a human face on a company worth as much as a small country is tempting, but a face alone is not enough.
That might be the reason why, in recent years, the majority of the bowlers with suspect actions are spinners, even though it would seem more obviously tempting for a fast bowler to throw, in order to gain extra speed.
It may, therefore, be tempting for a firm to find a new area to produce in which it is less competitive: even if it ends up doing better as a result, the outcome for the economy as a whole could be less competition, less innovation and lower growth.
The Schwab California AMT Tax- Free Money-Fund, with a tempting 3% yield (net of a 0.45% expense ratio), contains, according to the latest published portfolio, a significant chunk of revenue bonds--meaning bonds not backed by the taxing authority of a state or local government.
Stack was again called into action in the 61st minute when Naylor curved in a tempting direct free-kick as the visitors enjoyed a brief spell of pressure.
Essex may have been entertaining thoughts of victory when Pothas's declaration set them a tempting target, but they would have quickly disappeared after a terrible start.
And since computers connected to the Internet via broadband connections are a tempting target for the occasional troublemaking hacker, the router comes with a built-in firewall to help keep them out.
Smeltz, the former Mansfield, AFC Wimbledon and Halifax striker, headed wide from a tempting Tony Lockhead cross before he set up an unlikely equaliser, delivering a perfect ball from the left for Reid to head past Mucha.
There is a tempting vacancy as privatisation minister, after Andrzej Mikosz resigned last week over criticism of a loan his wife once made to a controversial businessman.
Safeway, fourth among the U.K.'s retail grocers, would be a tempting target for any of the top three--if only to keep the properties out of a competitor's hands.
Inflating their way out of a debt morass is often a tempting solution to policymakers.
It is also widely used by criminals, so it is a tempting target for law enforcement.
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The Conservatives are determined to cut net migration, and irregular migrants are a tempting target.
Like any philosophy, responsive design is a choice, and a tempting one at that.
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But the new 15% rate for dividends provides a tempting opening to distribute some earnings.
Of course, it is very tempting to attribute a precipitous rise in violent crime to recent police layoffs.
It is tempting to see a recession as a yellow caution flag that slows all cars in the field.
If many more policyholders were to sue the firm, the company might go bust, a tempting scenario for some.
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Even if it is a fading symbol of Chinese society, the bicycle remains a tempting metaphor for its economy.
Marauders are not always wholly averse to emerging from cover and kneeling in plain sight, providing a tempting target.
And in the charged atmosphere after this bail-out meddling politicians, as part-owners, would have a tempting lever over the banks.
Exports would seem to offer a tempting way out of this problem.
And if Sierk's team can patch things up quickly enough, Iomega's stock, hovering near a 52-week low looks like a tempting long-term buy.
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