All three names probably belonged to the same person, who was using multiple identities to bid up the price of his goods--a case of shilling that auctioneers punish by removing sellers from their sites.

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For one, Genter says that even after many large-cap U.S. dividend-paying stocks enjoyed a sharp rally in 2011 even as the market sputtered, many of these names were not bid up to levels where price-to-earnings ratios became too extended.

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These hot new dollars, fresh off the printing press, are buying treasuries and mortgage-backed securities so that their market price is bid up even higher (and therefore interest rates are even lower).

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Using history as a guide, most tablet vendors will not benefit in a significant way over the long-term given price competition and the need to ratchet up marketing dollars in a bid to build their respective brand.

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HFS's shareholders now three-quarters of Cendant's investors bid up the firm's share price by almost 2, 000% between its flotation in 1992 and December's merger.

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