So he was unable to sell any paintings and unable to support the family on his own.
With all three of its reactors now off-line, the operator has been unable to sell electricity to its utility customers.
CDOs have, since 1998, often been unable to sell the bottom tranche, forcing them to hold on to it themselves.
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Rival banks were unable to get out of the way of their mortgage-related exposure, or unable to sell it fast enough.
Of course, renting is always an option for homeowners who are unable to sell, and Zillow has tools for people in that situation.
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Mr. Benrud still plans to file a written complaint with the broker, because the club was unable to sell shares on Facebook's first day.
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Retail investors who were saddled with Facebook shares they didn't want, or who found themselves unable to sell when the price began to slide, must negotiate claims with their brokerage firms.
The argument against is that there may be few or no natural buyers for the bonds - which could leave George Osborne with egg on his face, unable to sell the bonds at an acceptable price.
Many are unable to sell their homes because they are underwater on their mortgages, and there are fewer buyers out there who can qualify for and are willing to make a home purchase in this economy.
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There will be more bank failures no matter what, but the government wants to prevent otherwise healthy banks from unnecessarily failing because they are unable to sell short-term notes and bonds to fund their own activities.
There are some ingredients here for explosive losses: the stock has outperformed most of its peers in the Web 2.0 world, the lock-up covers a vast majority of the outstanding shares and insiders to date have been unable to sell.
And many more Americans found themselves in a terrible situation by no fault of their own: unable to pay a mortgage because of a lost job, but they're unable to sell or refinance because their mortgage debt is now higher than the value of their house -- their home is underwater.
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Mortgage payment delinquencies hit a 20-year high in the third quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, as borrowers were unable to refinance or sell their homes to get out of a credit pinch.
Those that are not marked will be unable to buy or sell anything.
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For example, a company with illiquid assets, under a heavy debt burden facing upcoming debt maturities and finding itself unable to refinance, may have to sell off assets at a bad time for less money than it thought those assets were worth.
The 32-year-old agreed to buy Pompey from owner Alexandre Gaydamak in May after the Franco-Russian announced he wanted to sell because he was unable to devote sufficient time to club.
He naturally assumed they were scamming him into buying a high-priced custom, so he spent the next two years going from shop to shop, unable to find anyone who could offer to sell him a bike that fit, riding a painful compromise the whole time, before biting the bullet and investing in the Serotta, which he now wishes he had bought two years earlier.
Most of those who try to sell are unable to find willing buyers because credit is tight and home prices keep falling.
That pattern unfolded as the bulls attempted to move the market higher, but then the bulls were unable to defend the push to new high territory and the bears swooped in to sell those new highs.
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Finally, the Bank of Japan's decision to raise interest rates has meant that banks will probably have to sell shares to cover losses from borrowers, who may become unable to bear the burden of higher interest payments as well as to meet increased interest bills to depositors.
Most dealers keep their stock of artwork lean, unable to afford to hold more than a few dozen paintings at a time before they sell them.
Unable to resolve the issue, the banks decided to sell their 53% stake and put it on the market earlier this fall.
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Those companies that are able to exceed the expectations can either bank their allowances for future use or sell them to other businesses that are unable to meet their obligations.
Dell shut down its effort to sell flat-screen televisions last year, unable to compete against offerings from Sony and Sharp in the U.S. Worse yet, while Apple is just now likely to launch its first handset that will take advantage of high-speed, third-generation networks, Japanese companies have been building handsets tailored to such networks for years.
Who would have thought that a sales trainer would be unable to fly to his seminar location because of terrorism or that a florist would have no product to sell?
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