After closing the hospital in 1995, state officials determined that the buildings and grounds were surplus and offered them for sale, giving the town the first right of refusal.
The more vulnerable ones can (and should) be helped.Among the giants, China is in a league of its own, with a $2 trillion arsenal of reserves, a current-account surplus, little connection to foreign banks and a budget surplus that offers lots of room to boost spending.
In Cognitive Surplus, Shirky offers a tentative but very exciting sketch of what the turn from television from passive, isolating and, indeed, stupefying entertainment might mean for the world.
Don't wear gear that can be perceived as military/police-related. Gear that is explicitly police or military surplus can offer lots of protection, but it's often a bad idea in a riot.
The pool of surplus office space offered by corporate tenants is also shrinking.
Two major leasing companies, U.S. Bancorp and NationsBank, became clients; he rehabilitated surplus computers and offered them for sale on the Internet.
I thought about putting him up for adoption to my online chicken group, but there were always surplus roosters being offered almost every single day, so my hope of finding a home for him was dim.
Cities are using budget surpluses to offer tax incentives to businesses that open in these areas.
Iron ore deposits were often donated to the monks along with forges to extract the iron, and within time surpluses were being offered for sale.
