Sentence examples for selloff for from inspiring English sources

What followed was a selloff for companies like McDonald's, the world's largest buyer of beef, which dropped nearly 7% to around $17 per share, and Tyson Foods, the world's largest beef processor, which dropped 5%.

For example, while it would be possible to explore the performance implications of Duracell's selloff for the firm that acquired it (Berkshire Hathaway), it would not be possible to quantify the analogous implications of PayPal's spinoff since there is no acquiring firm involved in that deal.

However, it would be extremely difficult, using publicly-available data, to measure the implications of Procter & Gamble's selloff of Duracell for Duracell's performance, since Duracell is part of Procter & Gamble before its sale and it operates within Berkshire Hathaway once its sale is complete.

The chancellor, George Osborne, thought he had shut down the debate last week when he ruled out full nationalisation and set 61p as the surprisingly low selloff price for Lloyds.

Yet a reduction in growth prospects is one of several potential triggers for a selloff of local assets by foreign investors.

The quick reaction among investors yesterday seemed fairly positive for Comcast, despite a selloff of the company's shares that took their price down about 7percentt.

What if the U.S. economy doesn't slow down and the Fed has to raise rates by more for longer, causing a massive global selloff of financial assets, crippling the dollar, and sending foreign investors running for cover?

Reflecting the 10% drop of the Energy Select SPDR, which tracks the energy industry, last week's net trading volume for the M100 amounted to a selloff of $2.5 million.

As for lightening up when the market gets overheated and reinvesting during a selloff, don't look for any help from the big guys.

Oliver Barron, China policy research analyst at broker NSBO, said the selloff posed profound questions for the government.

Their campaign fits neatly into a global trend: to reduce the public's faith in public broadcasting, and to prepare for its selloff to corporate competitors.