Both of those cases are still better than an open collection; that says to someone considering loaning you money that not only will you default, not only will they have to write it off, not only will the collections agency make less profit... the collections agency is unlikely to see ANYTHING from this bad debt and may not even
agree to buy it.
For example, you do not have to
agree to buy a house if the inspection was unsatisfactory, but you have to say so in writing within a specified number of days.
People who buy your information may use it to try to sell you good and services, charge you for goods and services you didn't
agree to buy or charge amounts other than what you authorized, or try to commit identity theft.
But I'd have to pay the upfront fee to buy the books and then I'd have to figure out a way to sell them (this is how vanity presses used to work — you had to
agree to buy a few thousand books).
Do not
agree to buy a paper based on sketchy research ideas.
Not so long ago did
he agree to buy The Washington Post, now the company's press release published on Aug 14th from his much beloved international multibillion dollar electronic commerce company, Amazon, fans the flame of his fame when Amazon publishing is releasing their biography series at the end of 2013.
As someone who hopes to buy an ebook reader as soon as the format wars end (or, at least, come to a natural pause), I was hoping to see a different Kindle promotion — say,
agree to buy X number of books through Amazon and receive a free (or vastly discounted) Kindle.
Imagine if you had 50 people ready to spread your message, review your book, etc. (You could all
agree to buy each other's book on a certain day, shooting up the amazon rank.)
He feels that Kickstarter can solve this problem because an author ``... with a tribe can reach out to her readers, activate them and make an offer: if enough of
you agree to buy this book today, I'll write it and send it to you just before a publisher puts it on sale....»
Only way would do a few test with participating friends who will
agree to buy the book FOR you (so you get the book and refund) and see whether CS marks all the transactions or not.
Maybe all us writers should simply
agree to buy each others» books...
Agree to buy your tween a cell phone?
I love this one from Babyletto and am trying to get my husband to
agree to buy a new crib even though we already have one!
That is unless
they agree to buy the right quality players and pay wages similar to what obtains at clubs such as Man U, Chelsea, Man City, Barca, Juve, etc. the fans should subsequently direct their anger and frustration at the Board than any other person.
Oxfam is still pressuring Kraft to
agree to buy Fair Trade coffee.
If Warren Buffett did not recently
agree to buy Precision Castparts for $ 32 billion, I think he would have considered finding a way to buy Phillips 66 outright.
-- In 2008, Florida's government - run property insurer paid Warren Buffett $ 224 million to
agree to buy its debt if a major storm struck.
If they get a new offer that they like, the contingent buyers can then drop their contingency and
agree to buy the home without conditions.
The only question is: Who would
agree to buy it knowing that billionaire Peter Thiel is determined to destroy it by whatever means necessary?
Late last year, private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners
agreed to buy Ikaria for $ 1.6 billion.
The new management team at accounting firm Lawrence Business Management has
agreed to buy the business for $ 7.3 million cash from listed company Countplus, after two years of restructuring.
• Equistone Partners Europe
agreed to buy a majority of Small World Financial Services, a London - based cross-border payment service provider.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (baba) has
agreed to buy the Hong Kong's flagship English - language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, the company and SCMP Group announced on Friday.
Canadian grocers, which were locked in a price war and are just coming out of a prolonged bout of food deflation, now have to get ready for Amazon, which in June
agreed to buy Whole Foods Market Inc..
Univision, the Spanish - language broadcaster that has been rapidly expanding online through acquisitions, has
agreed to buy bankrupt publisher Gawker Media's assets for approximately $ 135 million, the companies confirmed on Tuesday.
• Pandion Energy, a portfolio company of Kerogen Capital,
agreed to buy a 10 % stake in two North Sea fields from Norwegian oil firm Aker BP, Reuters reports.
• A consortium led by French billionaire Xavier Niel
agreed to buy a majority stake in telecommunications company Eir.
• Polaris Private Equity
agreed to buy a majority of Menu A / S, a Denmark - based supplier of furniture, accessories, and lighting.
• Nordic Capital
agreed to buy Alloheim, a German nursing home operators, for about 1.1 billion euros ($ 1.3 billion) including debt, Reuters reports citing sources.
Marathon, or MPC, announced Monday that it had
agreed to buy all of Andeavor's outstanding shares that represent a total equity value of $ 23.3 billion and total enterprise value of $ 35.6 billion.
Earlier Thursday, P&G
agreed to buy the consumer health business of Merck for about 3.4 billion euros ($ 4.2 billion).
Square continued its effort to expand into business services beyond payments,
agreeing to buy website builder Weebly for $ 365 million.
Cigna (ci)
agreed to buy Express Scripts Holding for $ 54 billion in cash and stock, another move toward consolidation between U.S. health insurers and the companies that oversee patients» drug benefits.
IAC pushed deeper into the mobile - based dating business last month when
it agreed to buy PlentyOfFish.
• Spirax - Sarco Engineering (LSE: SPX)
agreed to buy Chromalox, a Pittsburgh - based provider of thermal technology and industrial heating applications, from Irving Place Capital for $ 415 million, according to Reuters.
• Europcar (ENXTPA: EUCAR)
agreed to buy Goldcar, a Spain - based low - cost car rental company, from Investindustrial, according to Reuters.
Dr. Tracy Chan, another plaintiff, told the court a Yelp sales representative promised to improve her ratings by burying negative reviews if
she agreed to buy advertising.
• Mikhail Fridman's L1 Retail
agreed to buy Holland & Barrett, a U.K. - based health food and supplements chain, for 1.77 billion pounds ($ 2.26 billion) from The Nature's Bounty Co. and The Carlyle Group.
• Engie SA (ENXTPA: ENGI)
agreed to buy a 40 % stake in Dubai's National Central Cooling Company (DFM: TABREED), according to Reuters.
Sobeys says Overwaitea Food Group has
agreed to buy 15 locations, while Federated Co-operatives Ltd. has
agreed to buy 14 stores.
When the news broke late on Wednesday in Moscow, Russian and western media trumpeted it as the energy deal of the year: Glencore (glncy), the world's biggest commodities house, and the Qatar Investment Authority had
agreed to buy a 19.5 % stake in Rosneft, Russia's national oil champion, for 10.5 billion euros ($ 11.1 billion).
• Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN)
agreed to buy Souq.com, a Dubai - based online retailer, beating out a last - minute $ 800 million acquisition offer from Emaar Malls.
Consumer products giant Unilever says it has
agreed to buy the fast - growing California - based men's grooming business Dollar Shave Club for an undisclosed sum.
Last week, Sanofi
agreed to buy U.S. haemophilia specialist Bioverativ for $ 11.6 billion, its biggest deal for seven years and a major play to strengthen its presence in treatments for rare diseases.
Ryanair last month
agreed to buy a majority stake in a new Austrian leisure airline founded by Formula One former champion Niki Lauda, while easyJet bought a parts of failed airline Air Berlin last year.
SoftBank
agreed to buy Fortress Investment Group for $ 3.3 billion.
PARIS / LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters)- French drugmaker Sanofi has
agreed to buy Belgian biotech company Ablynx for 3.9 billion euros ($ 4.8 billion), beating Novo Nordisk and marking its second big deal this month after buying Bioverativ.
• CVC Capital Partners
agreed to buy a controlling stake in QA, a U.K. - based IT training and learning solutions company, for # 700 million ($ 886 million), according to The Financial Times.
Todd Steinberg, an investor in cannabis delivery start - up Eaze, claims the twins had
agreed to buy his shares for about $ 500,000, the New York Post says.
The entrepreneurial dream of selling a startup for megabucks came true for the founders of photo - sharing app Instagram when Facebook
agreed to buy the company for $ 1 billion in cash and stock.