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When a company files for Chapter 11, that company is assigned a committee that represents the interests of creditors and stockholders.
With tax collectors ready to take more than 40 cents of every $1 paid to high-income stockholders, they just didn't add up.
In tender offers, corporations issue public promises to purchase the stock of targets directly from their stockholders at preset prices.
Furthermore, high debt levels may negatively affect common stockholders, who are last in line for claiming payback from a company that becomes insolvent.
I wish BusinessWeek would report on what happens to Aetna's insureds while they are making all this money for themselves and their stockholders.
Because many of the tax law's provisions are aimed squarely at investors, his strategists hope to score points with a burgeoning group of stockholders.
Should this happen, bondholders would be paid first during the liquidation process, then preferred stockholders, and lastly common stockholders.
In April, Abbott handed out to its stockholders 100% of the shares in Hospira.
A dividend is a cash payout a company gives stockholders.
At the bankrupt Cone Mills, unhappy stockholders and board members have accused him of conflict of interest.
We continue to be stockholders and enthusiastically support Andreas and the leadership he is providing.
That's no simple question, as the hundreds of pages filled with figures and legalese that Viacom dropped on its stockholders make plain.
In an attempt to create a corporation where stockholders' interests are looked after, many firms have implemented a two-tier corporate hierarchy.
Options are both compensation for executives and also potential costs to stockholders, since their exercise dilutes stockholder ownership rights.
But, there is also a lot to be said for corporations having the freedom to let people go to improve bottom lines so their stockholders get more profits.
This is money paid to stockholders, normally out of the corporation's current earnings or accumulated profits.
But just because Microsoft is handing a load of cash to stockholders doesn't mean it won't have plenty of dough to invest in its future.
Most of the family members are stockholders, he said.
Then, as minority stockholders, they could exploit Germany's arcane takeover law to demand a higher price for their shares.
In many IPOs, selling stockholders don't give up control.