In China, Mogujie and Meilishuo.com have achieved mass reach selling low-cost items like clothes, baby goods and household goods.
The tentative plan would give banks until June 30 to increase their reserves, which they could achieve by selling new shares, retaining profits or selling assets.
With catalogs, e-tailers also see a way to reach an objective that no amount of digital alchemy can achieve -- selling goods to the 50percentt of American households that remain without Internet connections.
In commodity businesses, the firm with the lowest price, which is often achieved by selling at the highest volume, wins the most customers.
"The Obama-as-cultural-icon angle is absolutely achieved by selling documentary-style videos of him; he's crossed the line into entertainment," says Ms. Walker.
As part of their compensation packages, the managers, about 250 people in all, are required to meet revenue growth targets which, according to Mr. Monty, cannot be achieved without selling value-added, convergence services.
Even Jim has no problem with getting ahead and is now Michael's No. 2. Class isn't destiny here; destiny is achieved by selling and, in both senses of the word, hustling.
"Of course we applaud the principle of free admission to museums and galleries whenever it can be realistically achieved, though selling off a collection to this end is an unusual strategy.
While the industry has not yet publicly stated its position, some automakers are expected to argue that a greater improvement in air quality could be achieved by selling a larger number of pretty clean hybrids rather than trying and failing to sell a smaller number of totally clean electrics.
The solid performance was achieved by selling some assets to offset claims from last year's devastating hurricane season, which cost Munich Re €2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).Drugs war?Schering, a German pharmaceutical company, said it would reject a takeover bid by Merck, its larger compatriot, claiming the price, which Schering valued at €14.6 billion ($17.5 billion), was too low.
In its simplest form, traders said, the complex position assembled by the bank included a bullish bet on an index of investment-grade corporate debt, later paired with a bearish bet on high-yield securities, achieved by selling insurance contracts known as credit-default swaps.
