But the latest boom in real-estate prices has nearly wiped away Hong Kong's haunted-house discount.

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Rising demand has squeezed the haunted house discount to as low as 5%, says Mr. Ng.

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There's another vehicle, called a Qualified Personal Residence Trust, that's usually a better way to pass on your house at a discount.

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Other targets included retail giant Amazon.com, electronic auction house eBay, discount retailer Buy.com and CNN Interactive, all hit Tuesday, and the portal Yahoo!

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Upcoming: hearings by the House Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee discount window lending practices by the Fed.

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And when she appeared in a full-page Wall Street Journal ad cutting a hundred-dollar bill in half as a symbol of her discount philosophy, her long-time clearing house dropped her, and she was briefly threatened with Securities and Exchange Commission expulsion.

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These are often as small as an invitation to a reception, a discount in a museum shop or a backstage tour at the Royal Opera House.

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At the moment second home owners in England get a 50% discount on second properties which often tend to be located in rural areas forcing up house prices for local people.

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The fashion house partnered with Target in 2011 to produce a more budget-friendly collection for the discount retailer, which caused Target's website to crash due to the high demand.

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