But some critics contend that some of these mines are ripe for the sort of expansion that could greatly boost their value when times are less tough.
Nor is lack of profitability the likely reason: the network is currently losing money, but it is expected to become highly profitable.The real reason, Telekom insists, is the need for partners which can, first, help shoulder the cost of upgrading its cables and, second, provide the sort of content that will boost their value.
The department apparently hoped that Americans would continue to enroll at Corinthian's schools to boost their value to potential buyers.
Shares in Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey and Barratt Developments, Britain's three biggest housebuilders, jumped by between 4% and 6%, boosting their combined stock market value by £750m.
Well-qualified people are at a premium, and the very fact that a consultancy has hired and trained local recruits hugely boosts their market value, making them harder to keep.A third problem can arise over the balance between local and western employees.
A growing number of pensioners are boosting their income by unlocking the value of their homes, according to figures published this week - but they should watch out for huge upfront fees.
One black character's neighbourhood is bowdlerised for cookie-cutter homes and a shopping mall, and the book's villains are real estate moguls, who force minorities out and fight to boost their property values – actions not wholly dissimilar from what's called gentrification today.
The fortuitous news that state money was being pumped into this section of the private sector boosted their combined stock market value by £750m.
Also, since the TARP has been turned into a program to recapitalize financial institutions (and thus boost their capital and market value), the U.S. has already effectively intervened indirectly in the equity market (by partially nationalizing a good part of the financial system).
