As a prospective purchaser or seller, the investor may feel that the property has more or less risk than the appraiser.

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It has reopened investigations into state aid paid to a German chemical company, Buna, as a sweetener to its prospective purchaser, America's Dow.

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Consumer publishing is a low-growth, low-margin business, but Pearson is probably stuck with Penguin Putnam because Bertelsmann, the only likely prospective purchaser, just bought Random House.

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In Colorado, only a tiny fraction (about 1%) of people who have gun-disqualifying mental health histories have been reported to the National Instant Check System, where they could be discovered in a routine background check of a prospective gun purchaser.

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