That success has been steadily increasing Alibaba's estimated market value during the past year.

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This helps explain why foreclosed homes tend to sell for hefty discounts to estimated fair market value.

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The charity has not yet estimated the market value of the building but has said this will be explored further if gets through the first round of the bidding process.

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The table lists companies whose total price (debt plus market value of common) is less than the estimated discounted value of reserves.

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The galleries said the Duke had offered the two paintings at prices "significantly lower than their market value" - estimated to be around a half to a third of what they would be worth on the open market.

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The Associated Press formula for determining an executive's total compensation calculates salary, bonuses, perquisites, above-market interest that the company pays on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock and stock options awarded during the year.

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The AP formula calculates an executive's total compensation during the last fiscal year by adding salary, bonuses, perks, above-market interest that the company pays on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock and stock options awarded during the year.

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That breakup value is based on applying market multiples for the individual divisions to their estimated 2011 net income.

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Respondents estimated the value of their homes for the survey, so prices may have differed from the actual market value.

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