At the same time television companies were persuaded to part with large sums of cash.
In these trying times, how do you make people part with their hard-earned money?
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Without jobs (and solid job numbers), consumers remain afraid or unwilling to part with their money.
Economists have a statistic with which to measure this reluctance to part with a dollar.
Most Israelis are loth to part with the Golan escarpment that towers over north-eastern Israel.
Strikingly, many of the big-loss deals were paid for in part with the buyers' own equity.
The new grandpas I know don't seem so determined to part with tradition.
Mississippians part with approximately 4.8% of their gross incomes at the gas pump, according to our study.
Unlike many other collectors, Martin is prepared to part with even his most prized possessions--for a price.
Cutting those fees has been difficult, since many investors are loth to part with familiar, time-tested benchmarks.
Many states, in part with federal assistance, have made great progress on subsidising or providing child care.
Suffice it to say that few Americans would be willing to part with their gold this time around.
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Fee-fronting appears to be a common way less reputable brokers help the desperately ill part with their money.
But many foreign equipment manufacturers didn't want to part with technology if their equity participation was only 26%.
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"It was getting harder and harder for companies to part with the checks to pay you, " Stephen said.
In the second stage, people part with their money to stock up on goods before prices rise again.
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Illness, or inability to pay for treatment, is often a reason people decide to part with their possessions.
The first part of the above equation, getting victims to willingly part with their money is relatively easy.
And now that we have resolved to finish it I know that you will play your part with calmness and courage.
It would part with INA only in a package deal that included the fat, bureaucratic, moneylosing domestic operations, too.
How does it feel to part with an asset, especially one the owner has worked a lifetime to build?
The company addressed this in part with an increase in Redbox rental prices.
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It was a sad wrench to part with the Selected Essays of Elia.
Nostalgia is a potent pull for vintage baseball memorabilia enthusiasts, compelling collectors to part with large sums of money.
When I moved recently from the West Coast to the East, I had to part with many beloved things.
She expected, and had paid for, in part with her own money, elegance.
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He persuaded members of Weston's circle to part with more than 400 prints.
If shareholders are loth to part with their money, more Internet start-ups will need to find a corporate buyer.
Yamaha's doing its part with a series of products that integrate things together -- soundbars, HTIBs, and the like.
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