"By way of comparison, the latest phenomenon in the book trade, Fifty Shades of Grey, sold 664, 000 in its highest week of sales so far, " said David Walter from Nielsen BookScan, which has been monitoring book sales in the UK since 1998.
Among the tricks of the spy trade the book reportedly reveals is MI6's accidentally discovered method of transferring secret messages.
In terms of turnover, the American book trade leads the way, with an increase of 4.4% last year and a projected increase of 5% this year.
The weak economy and advancement of technology have undoubtedly changed the book trade.
The Book of Ezra describes a brisk trade in trees floated along the edge of the Mediterranean Sea from Lebanon to the Israeli city of Jaffa.
As local and international investors have fled Japan's stock market, some 40% of the 1, 500 companies that are the bluest chips of Japan (the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) trade below breakup value (a price-to-book value of less than one).
Though war jitters have made the antiquarian book trade, like the rest of the art market, cautious, the demand for scientific work is strong.
Haley is the co-author of the book Subsidies to Chinese Industry: State Capitalism, Business Strategy and Trade Policy by Oxford University Press.
The shares have climbed more than 35% since, yet still trade at a discount of 23% to book value, the difference, or net worth, between its assets and its liabilities.
In fact, Price Waterhouse Coopers, in their Global Entertainment and Media Outlook report, projects that e-books will make up 50 percent of the U.S. trade book market by 2016.
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Wells Fargo, which does not have as much exposure to international or trading businesses, is the only one of the four biggest U.S. banks by assets to trade at more than book value, 1.18 times.
New York time and it remains to be seen if investors will trade cautiously ahead of the announcement or book some profits after the market's recent rally.
Such a development, booksellers reason, can only be good for the trade, with Bertelsmann itself projecting that 20% of book sales will be made via the Internet by 2010.
His 1922 book The Trade Cycle described the "tendency for confidence to pass into errors of optimism or pessimism, " which triggers booms and busts.
Investors appreciate that, so Amex also has tended to trade at a higher multiple of book value vs. the big banks, and also vs. banks that specialize in credit cards.
The historical norm is for Berkshire Hathaway stock to trade at around 150% of book value (1.5x).
Shares currently trade at 2.5x book value, a premium to the industry average of 2.0x.
Written by a top-notch cast of policy wonks, this book explains why countries benefit from openness and corrects some of the most common misconceptions about American trade.
For the authors, their trade deficits with Cambridge restaurants, airlines taking them to junkets around the world, and Newbury Street clothiers are their certain rewards for trade surpluses run with their employers at HBS, the publisher of their book, and the businesses that pay them consulting fees in return for the kind of advice that would bankrupt most any business if actually followed.
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All this ensures that his book is lively enough to engage even those with only a passing interest in the intricacies of global trade talks.
Also, on a price-to-book basis, shares trade at 20.64x, a substantial premium to the peer group average of 0.99x.
On a price-to-book basis, shares currently trade at 1.34x, a 47% discount to the industry average of 2.53x.
After ordering back copies of trade pub- lications and a book on operating vending machines, I was prepared for the presentation Antares wanted to make to me.
Another fellow worry-wart in the finance trade has suggested what this means for the JP Morgan Chase derivatives book, which encompasses many tens of trillions of nominal trades.
John Paulson told investors today he still likes his long trade in Bank of America but has now lowered his outlook on how far robust the bank can book earning per shares in 2012.
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