And if the value of trade is in the imports then gaining the value of free trade is very simple indeed.
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The French president also raised another sensitive question - the value of free trade.
We think the Fed underestimates this linkage, in part by using the trade-weighted value of the dollar rather than the absolute value (the trade-weighted dollar mixes together changes in the dollar with changes in the value of foreign currencies).
As a result, HP has commenced an asset impairment analysis to determine the current value of the Compaq trade name acquired in 2002.
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By the early 2000s EU subsidies to olive oil production amounted to twice the total value of olive oil trade in the world.
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It is not a scientific approach, nor one I am comfortable using in assessing the total value of the worldwide trade in illegal antiquities.
"It gives the clunker a little bit more value in terms of trade-in, " said Wood, who has no plans to trade in his 2007 Mercedes.
At Cornerstone, investors are receiving "distribution yields" of roughly 22% of net asset value, and the shares trade for much more than the value of their underlying assets.
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The value of sterling against a trade-weighted basket of currencies is now around 25% lower than in mid-2007, before the financial crisis began.
The average commission on an Asian stock trade fell to 0.11% of trade value last year, from 0.14% in 2007, data from McKinsey showed.
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The rial has reportedly lost more than 80% of its value since 2011 because of US-led trade sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme.
Private capital has no idea what the future holds in terms of taxes, regulation, trade, deficits and the value of the dollar.
For the soon-to-merge German utilities Viag and Veba, both of which trade at an enterprise value (market cap plus debt) of less than six times operating income, government threats to shut down nuclear plants are enough to scare away investors--both financial and strategic--no matter how cheap the stocks.
That leaves the company vulnerable to variations in the value of the dollar and other trade disruptions.
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But ETFs trade and are priced throughout the trading day, and although ETFs provide a calculation of their portfolio value, ETFs often trade above or below that value.
As an aside, if the S corporation or partnership has multiple trades or businesses, the regulations further provide that the goodwill must be allocated to each trade or business based on the relative fair market value of the property (other than cash) in each trade or business.
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But for Toyota, for common sense, and for simple justice, the most egregious and outrageous lawsuits must be those solicited by class action lawyers to make Toyota compensate owners of Toyota vehicles who claim to have suffered losses on the trade-in or resale value of their cars due to the alleged quality issues and recalls in 2009-2010.
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But there is no guarantee that ETFs will trade at the value of their underlying net assets (NAV).
Any customer experience works when it solves a clearly defined need or problem or desire someone would trade something of value to solve.
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The gadget does need to be in good working order and returned with the original parts to receive the maximum amount of trade-in value.
Since container shipping accounts for 52% of the total value of the world's seaborne trade, according to Lloyd's Maritime Intelligence Unit, Forbes used it to rank the world's busiest ports.
Even though Britain relies more than other European countries on Asian trade and investment, sterling should have the bigger effect, given that the trade-weighted value of the pound is about 25% higher than in mid-1996.
In other words, because of the European-style exercise and the mean-reversion of volatility, VIX options will often trade at lower value than what seems appropriate during periods of high volatility (and vice versa in low volatility periods), particularly early on in the term of the option.
Air freight offers speed for the 40% of the world's trade (by value) that travels in cargo flights or in the hold of passenger aircraft, but it costs ten times more than sea transport.
As local and international investors have fled Japan's stock market, some 40% of the 1, 500 companies that are the bluest chips of Japan (the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) trade below breakup value (a price-to-book value of less than one).
Sterling has lost 15% of its trade-weighted value over the past year, and 5% over the past month.
The 227 companies listed on ChiNext have a total market value of RMB 717.1 billion and trade at an average 42.2 times earnings.
The SME board now has 588 listed companies with a total market value of RMB 3.1 trillion that trade at an average price earnings multiple of 34.7 times.
This simple business model, when combined with new technologies, free trade and the rising value of brands, is opening a far broader range of consumer goods and markets to enterprising copycats (see article).
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