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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asset for less" is not correct in standard written English and lacks clarity.
It could be used in a context discussing acquiring an asset at a lower price, but it needs more context to be fully understood.
Example: "Investors are always looking for ways to acquire an asset for less than its market value."
Alternatives: "purchase at a discount" or "acquire for a lower price."
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Did he?- Anonymous, St . LouisYour G.M. used his privileged position to buy a company asset for less than he knew it to be worth in order to sell it for personal gain.
They only defer an investment and hold cash if they think they can buy an asset for less later in other words, deflation.
So, for example, if you transferred, gifted or sold an asset (for less than its value) three years ago and now you and your husband are getting a divorce, that transfer, gift or sale could be deemed a fraudulent transfer and a judge could void that transfer and make that asset available for distribution in your divorce.
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This most often results from transfers of intangibles and other mobile assets for less than full value".
The new law also reduces Medicaid payments to pharmacies and makes it more difficult for people to qualify for Medicaid coverage of nursing home care by transferring assets for less than fair market value.
Universal's agreement with Citi put pressure on its executives to preserve as much of EMI as possible, since the company would face losses if it were forced to sell assets for less than it paid.
(In 2011, he sold the firm to a private-equity group for $50 million, he told me, his first business coup. Astor & Black filed for bankruptcy in 2013; a former employee of the company bought most of its assets for less than half a million dollars last year).
While his early handling of the crisis was good, he has balked at selling assets for less than book value, even though the bank's shares have for some time traded at a steep discount to that measure.To some, this brings disturbing echoes of Jimmy Cayne, Bear's former boss, who refused to sell until it was too late.
In addition, he suspects the government, which regulates the banks, may be making "suggestions with a hidden threat" to encourage the banks to sell assets for less than they would like.
Recognize that if you sold assets for less than you initially paid, you may have a capital loss.
Otherwise, all Gribetz could say was that it was an asset sale, for "less than the bank was owed," in reference to the company's debts.
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