The income that this asset will generate is expected to reduce fuel poverty on the island, support new community enterprises and create affordable housing.

A vital economic asset to the city, the market generates sales of $800 million to $1 billion annually, and provides more than 800 jobs.

Other assets can generate more expensive fighting, especially when their value falls.

For financially independent people, their assets generate income that is greater than their expenses.

Dun & Bradstreet said the assets for sale generated revenue of about $225 million in 1989 and were profitable.

This analyst estimated that the two assets together could generate as much as $11 billion in sales.

Such assets in turn could generate related noncash expenses, like depreciation.

Yet that same asset, if disclosed, can result in significant loss of competitive advantage or reputation, and generate legal costs.

The more recurring income an asset generates, the more valuable it becomes.

Financial assets generated about 12 percent of individuals' taxable income in 2002.