Difference between revisions of "Fire sale"

Latest revision as of 22:32, May 20, 2020

A fire sale can refer to:

Fire sale (finance) -- a sale of assets at very low prices; no actual fire or disaster is legally required to use the term
Fire sale (science fiction) -- a coordinated attack by hackers on the government, transportation, and the economy

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-A '''fire sale''' in finance is an emergency sale of assets at unusually cheap prices, because the owner desperately needs cash.
+A '''fire sale''' can refer to:
-Originally the term meant a sale at very low prices of damaged goods when a store had a fire.  They would have a sign saying "Fire Sale: everything must go!"
+*[[Fire sale (finance)]] -- a sale of assets at very low prices; no actual fire or disaster is legally required to use the term
+*[[Fire sale (science fiction)]] -- a coordinated attack by hackers on the government, transportation, and the economy
-In science fiction and the movies, a "fire sale" is  a computerized attack on the government, the transportation network, and the economy by computer hackers. The logic is that terrorists have decided "everything must go!"
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-[[Category:Finance]]
-[[Category:Science fiction]]