However, shareholders get very upset when the CEO rakes in millions of dollars of compensation when the company is reporting net losses and the share price is sinking.

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In many cases, the net price is cheaper than what Dell can offer on similarly equipped machines.

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The Oklahoma City Orchestra League's contract with homeowners provides that it gets 0.5% of the net sale price if the house is sold within 16 months of when the League takes possession for the makeover.

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CurrencyShares Euro Trust is designed to track the price of the euro net of Trust expenses, which are expected to be paid from interest earned on the deposited euros.

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"Their job is to ensure that the stock price matches the net asset value, otherwise, you don't have a reason to live, " said Daniel Lewis, managing partner at New York-based Orange Capital, in a recent interview.

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By another gauge, though, U.K. REITs aren't as pricey as you'd think: the stock price versus net asset value, which is the worth of a property portfolio after debt is taken out.

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The discounts at many private institutions are now at 50% or higher, so net tuition revenue is less than half the sticker price.

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On the traditional measure of price to earnings it is fairly inexpensive--12 times trailing net.

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The share price is only 3.5 times cash flow (in the sense of net plus depreciation) for 2010.

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Anne-Laure Tremblay, precious metals strategist at BNP Paribas, said gold continues to gain net long positions, but the momentum is beginning to slow as gold is in a price range.

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