Sentence examples for year-end closing from inspiring English sources

Engelhard, based in Iselin, N.J., specializes in manufacturing clean-air technology and has so far refused to consider BASF's offer, which would represent almost a 23percentt premium over Engelhard's year-end closing price.

At the beginning of each year, some 80 executives can choose to give up a percentage of their bonuses to buy stock at a 20percentt discount on the year-end closing price.

"They're just having a big year-end close-out".

So, the formal year-end close of Congress, with the traditional declaration of "sine die," will fall to Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island on Dec. 31.

As a merger arbitrage opportunity, it is trading at a less than a 10percentt rate of return to a year-end close and 7.7percenttoto Feb 2009.

That helps explain why Goldman has been forecasting a year-end close of 1,250 for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, a substantial 13 percent decline from the index's Monday level of 1,418.

JPMorgan Chase announced a target of 8,000 for the Taiex by year-end (the Taiex closed at 6,485 on Wednesday).

The success of the new models, some of which already are shipping in Asia and Europe, will determine whether the company can increase its global market share by one percentage point to 18 percent by year-end while moving closer to its long range financial goals.

"People want to get deals closed by year-end," says Michael Lampert, a board certified tax attorney in West Palm Beach, Fla. "I often ask clients why.

The changes reflect "year-end adjustments we made when we closed our books," Mr. Nacchio said.

"How many mergers and acquisitions you have closed at the year-end will determine whether you are a have or a have-not," Mr. Hintz added.