Sentence examples for halved the value of from inspiring English sources
After a slide in the stockmarket halved the value of the banks' shareholdings, the capital shortfall widened again.
But it's bad news if you're retiring after that, as the government has halved the value of deferrals for people retiring beyond April 2016.
The following month it emerged that SVG Capital, one of the private equity backers of New Look, had nearly halved the value of its holding in the fashion chain.
But with many major shops and supermarkets cutting back on their perks – Tesco is scrapping its Clubcard Boost events and Nectar has halved the value of points you receive for shopping at Sainsbury's – loyalty schemes are becoming increasingly worthless.
The hostile takeover by BHP was once worth $140bn£92bnbut buthehe collapse in commodity prices and turmoil in the financial markets had already halved the value of it before the London-listed group pulled the plug.
Olympus also set up an outside committee to advise whether to file criminal complaints or sue those responsible for the scandal, which has halved the value of the firm's shares and fanned fears about Japan's corporate governance generally.
That would more than halve the value of the portfolio, to about $1 billion.
However, the scheme's biggest partner, Sainsbury's, is set to halve the value of its points from 11 April 2015.
The stock split will double the number of diluted shares to 199.6 million, halving the value of a share.
