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Tech Stocks for a Song

Portuguese translation: Ações de empresas de alta tecnologia a preço de banana

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English term or phrase:Tech Stocks for a Song
Portuguese translation:Ações de empresas de alta tecnologia a preço de banana
Entered by: LUÍS HENRIQUE KUBOTA

16:40 Oct 10, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: Tech Stocks for a Song
Companies that are trading for little more than the cash on their balance sheets might be the ticket for these troubled times.
marco lessa (X)
Brazil
Local time: 07:32
Ações de empresas de alta tecnologia a preço de banana
Explanation:
Tech stocks = ações de empresas de alta tecnologia (negociadas na NASDAQ)
for a song = muito barato

dirt-cheap (adv)

cheaply, on the cheap (informal), at a knockdown price, at bargain-basement prices, for a song, for next to nothing, on sale
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Companies that are trading for little more than the cash on their balance sheets might be the ticket for these troubled times.
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LUÍS HENRIQUE KUBOTA
Brazil
Local time: 07:32
Grading comment
Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8ações do setor tecnologico por uma pechincha
Gilmar Fernandes
5 +7Ações de empresas de alta tecnologia a preço de banana
LUÍS HENRIQUE KUBOTA
4acções technológicas ao preço da chuva
Elvira Alves Barry


Discussion entries: 1





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
tech stocks for a song
ações do setor tecnologico por uma pechincha


Explanation:
for a song
cheaply, inexpensively


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for a song
por uma pechincha.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 06:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64

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agree  LUÍS HENRIQUE KUBOTA: Concordo. Desculpe, a sua resposta apareceu enquanto estava editando a minha.
8 mins
  -> sem problema.....acontece comigo tbm.
agree  Sara Sousa Soares
11 mins
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agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
1 hr
  -> Thank You Sir.
agree  Marcos Antonio
1 hr
  -> Obrigado Marcos.....bom FDS!
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
1 hr
  -> Obrigado Alexandra.....bom FDS!
agree  Fausto Machado Tiemann
1 hr
  -> Obrigado Fausto.....bom FDS!
agree  Humberto Ribas
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado Humberto.....bom FDS!
agree  M. Celina Alonso Neves
21 hrs
  -> Obrigado Celina.....bom FDS!
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
tech stocks for a song
Ações de empresas de alta tecnologia a preço de banana


Explanation:
Tech stocks = ações de empresas de alta tecnologia (negociadas na NASDAQ)
for a song = muito barato

dirt-cheap (adv)

cheaply, on the cheap (informal), at a knockdown price, at bargain-basement prices, for a song, for next to nothing, on sale
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Companies that are trading for little more than the cash on their balance sheets might be the ticket for these troubled times.


    Reference: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB122350118508016713.html
LUÍS HENRIQUE KUBOTA
Brazil
Local time: 07:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
54 mins
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Marcos Antonio
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Fausto Machado Tiemann
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Humberto Ribas
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Artur Jorge Martins
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Luciana Roppa
2 days 19 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tech stocks for a song
acções technológicas ao preço da chuva


Explanation:
exemplo:

http://www.ngagept.net/2008/08/08/nokia-5320-xpressmusic-s60...

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 11:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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