Break Issue

A new issue of a security that drops below its first offer price very quickly. For example, a company may make an IPO and ask $15 per share. If its price drops to $12 per share that trading day, it is said to be a broken issue (in this particular case, a broken IPO). Broken issues are commonly the result of lack of trust in the company's management, or bad news regarding the company that occurred during or just before the issue was made. Speculators buy broken issues with the hope that the crashed price is too low and that a correction will result in gains.

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Joe Macaron, a fellow at the Arab Center Washington D.C., told The Daily Star that the issue of Hezbollah's participation in the upcoming government could be a "make or break issue" for U.S.

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"But the cost of energy now is a make or break issue for many small firms, and - if shown to be safe and economically viable - unconventional gas could help to keep prices down and businesses competitive."

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But the cost of energy now is a make or break issue for many small firms, and - if shown to be safe and economically viable -- unconventional gas could help to keep prices down and businesses competitive."

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" Food security has become a make or break issue for India and there is nothing sacrosanct about deadlines," another senior government official told Mail Today.

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Sadly, it was a make or break issue for me and my ex-boyfriend, Mark*.

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We don't want this to become a make or break issue."

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The fact that the PNA has failed to make Jerusalem a make or break issue in its negotiations with Israel until now may have contributed to the recent Israeli drive to escalate settlement activities in East Jerusalem.The Israeli position, although it was never clearly outlined, suggests that while Palestinians may have symbolic supervision over Muslim and Christian holy places in the Old City, they will never have jurisdiction.

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Talks are currently being carried out by Welsh Ambulance Trust managers and staff unions but both sides accept the meal break issue can only be settled nationally with UK-wide negotiations.

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Having onsite vendor support or immediate response when going live may be a make or break issue as a delay or shut down can prove disastrous.

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These intangibles are part of the make or break issue in the retention and hiring of new staff members.