The new company, which will adopt the Sky brand name from the News Corporation's global satellite broadcast business, will be valued initially at $2 billion.

His estate was initially valued at nearly $1,000,000.

The contract, one of the largest created by the Department of Defense, is initially valued at $35 billion but has the potential to grow to $100 billion.

Initially valued at $78 million, based on low prewar assessments, the claims today, as a result of 6 percent annual compound interest, have mushroomed to $370 million.

Despite the difficulties last quarter, Mr. Capellas said he had no intention of scrapping the merger, which was initially valued at $25 billion.

Gold coins denominated in pahlavi were also issued, initially valued at 100 rial.

The options were initially valued, according to a complex mathematical formula, at $20 million to $25 million.

The 500 shares of the Shropshire Canal were initially valued at £150 each, making it worth £75,000.

We now know that all kinds of new substances which were valued by everyone initially, such as asbestos and polyvinyl chloride, are harmful.

The transaction was initially valued at $333 million.