Consider a hypothetical scenario.
Consider a hypothetical investor who, two decades ago, inherited AT&T shares from her mother.
Consider a hypothetical $10 billion deal using rough-and-ready figures.
Consider a hypothetical portfolio that was always invested in Value Line's top-ranked no-load equity funds.
Consider a hypothetical buyout firm, BSD Partners, which acquired a fictional manufacturer of specialty widgets in 2006 for $2 billion.
Consider a hypothetical internet of a mere 20bn documents that is comprised one half "adult" content, and one half "child-safe" content.
Consider a hypothetical executive who exercised an option to buy 1,000 shares at $10 when the stock price was $100.
"Let's consider a hypothetical woman," she said, suggesting a woman of 40 with BRCA1 or BRCA2, who has her ovaries removed.
The Giants' 51-year-old manager was asked to consider a hypothetical scenario: he was exiled to a deserted island and could only take five compact discs.
Consider a hypothetical single mother with two teen-age sons living in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, a neighborhood with poor schools, high rates of crime and unemployment, and few opportunities for social advancement.
Consider a hypothetical Russian oligarch.
