These stations typically sell chunks of time for set fees to outside producers who do their own ethnic shows.

"It's logical to expect that they will sell huge chunks if not all of that group," said one source on Wall Street.

For years, the banks have sold large chunks of their stock holdings and used the profits to write off bad loans.

Sell chunks of mud, add water, and voila, instant aquarium.

The board sold chunks of the company and mortgaged other parts to maintain Goodyear's independence.

But the upstart is already selling chunks of it.

Mr. Yang, for example, did not fully inform the public that he was selling large chunks of his own stake in the company.

Many big commercial banks are trying to sell chunks of their businesses.

"Imagine someone trying to sell chunks off Plymouth Rock," he said.

With the Chinese economy humming along, and the nation's leaders committed to selling large chunks of state-owned industry, prospects for economic growth are bullish.