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A sale is the pinnacle activity involved in selling products or services in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity.

A sale is completed by the seller, the owner of the goods. It starts with consent (or agreement) to an acquisition or appropriation or request followed by the passing of title (property or ownership) in the item and the application and due settlement of a price, the obligation for which arises due to the seller's requirement to pass ownership, being a price the seller is happy to part with ownership of or any claim upon the item. The purchaser, though a party to the sale, does not execute the sale, only the seller does that. To be precise the sale completes prior to the payment and gives rise to the obligation of payment. If the seller completes the first two above stages (consent and passing ownership) of the sale prior to settlement of the price the sale is still valid and gives rise to an obligation to pay.

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Comcast: No plans to sell fourth-place NBC network

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast executives say they have no plans to sell NBC Universal's broadcast TV business when they take control of the company.


Toy recall of 2007 hurt innocent companies, shows research

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-publicized toy recalls of 2007 took potentially harmful toys off the shelves and affected the companies that made them.


Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...


Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new format (AP)

Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new format

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Google Inc. is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine, a shift that eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved ...


Mobile telephone sales inched up 0.1 percent in the third quarter

Mobile phone sales rise in 3rd quarter: study

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global sales of mobile phones reversed a slide that began late last year and turned positive in third quarter 2009, a trend expected to accelerate thanks to smartphones, a study disclosed Thursday.


IBM sees better profit despite tech sales slump (AP)

IBM sees better profit despite tech sales slump

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is a rare example of a company that has kept boosting profit and jacking up its guidance even as the recession has sapped its sales.


ASML returns to profit in third quarter, orders up

Technology / Business

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported Wednesday a net profit of euro20 million ($29.7 million) for the third quarter, ending a nine-month streak of losses, and said new orders had increased ...


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EU publishes e-mails to back case against Intel (Update)

Technology / Business

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(AP) -- The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.


Nissan Motor's electric vehicle called "Leaf"

Nissan's 'Leaf' to challenge Toyota's Prius (Update)

Technology / Energy

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Nissan's upcoming all-electric car could outsell hybrids like Toyota's Prius even though it can't drive more than about 100 miles (160 kilometers) without stopping to recharge, a senior executive said.


IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail service

Technology / Internet

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.


Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Forrester Research Inc. is projecting an 8 percent increase to $44.7 billion in online holiday sales compared with a year ago as bargain hunters turn to the Web for deals.


Apple's laptop price cuts help consumers, could expand market share

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The weak economy is forcing even Apple to have a Blue Light Special. Last week, the Cupertino, Calif., company cut prices from 5 percent to 15 percent on most MacBook laptops, from the 13-inch machine, now dubbed MacBook ...


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Soft PC sales send Microsoft profit down 29 pct

Technology / Business

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its profit in the last quarter plunged 29 percent because of weak computer sales, ending a fiscal year in which the software maker's revenue fell for the first time since ...


Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML  announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales

'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.


Intel shares soar as company beats soft forecast (AP)

Intel shares soar as company beats soft forecast

Technology / Business

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intel Corp. offered support Tuesday for its assertion that the computer business is rebounding, even as other parts of the industry throw off mixed signals. Intel's results and outlook were much better ...