It appears that Tube Lines' shareholders sold up because the firm was no longer as profitable as they had hoped.

看来，Tube Lines的股东卖光股权，是因为公司不会再像他们希望的那样赚钱了。

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Most of the families have sold up or stepped back from day-to-day management. At first some gave way to big characters who treated their businesses as fiefs.

大多数家族都出售了媒体业务或者逐步退出公司的日常运营，起初这给一些视媒体业为传统领地的“大人物”让出了一些空间，但现在这一行却是职业管理人的天下。

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John sold up and went to Australia.

约翰变卖了财产去了澳大利亚。

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The World Health Organization says up to thirty percent of the medicine sold in many developing countries is not real.

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And he was sold for $1000.00 to an Alabama cotton planter who came up to Richmond twice a year to buy slaves.

他被以一千美元的价格卖给了一个每年两次,来里士满收购奴隶的亚拉巴马棉花种植主

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He got picked up by all the major news services, the stock plummeted, he sold immediately and he made a lot of money.

主流媒体争相报道这条消息,造成股价狂跌,马上卖出,借此狠赚一笔

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But a great many others have sold up and moved to the fringes of Essex.

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And, for those who have not sold up and moved out, files can be accessed at home securely using Pogoplug.

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In a business meeting, ideas could be clearly expressed in spoken words, but they are captured, explained, and sold up the chain in written form.

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