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There haven’t been so many foreign listings into Korea in recent years because of the so-called Korean discount, an unofficial markdown in the valuations attached to the Korean market by investors owing to its perceived corporate misgovernance and shoddy treatment of investors.
From MarketWatch
Maas said he anticipated “gangbuster” third-quarter sales with the impending demise federal tax credit, which allowed for a markdown of over 10% on most EV models.
From Los Angeles Times
When deciding what to bring in early, Academy looked for items with low markdown liability, or items that don’t go out of season, Ford said.
In Chicago, a 200,000-square-foot-office building in the city’s Clybourn Corridor that sold in 2004 for nearly $90 million was purchased last month for $20 million, a 78 percent markdown.
From New York Times
The consumer groups Knowledge Ecology International and the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment petitioned the NIH to make the patent available to Biolyse Pharma, which had offered to sell a generic version of the drug for $3 per pill, a 95% markdown from the price charged for Xtandi by the drug makers Astellas and Pfizer.
From Washington Times
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