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In the investment world, a share of stock (also referred to as equity share) represents a share of ownership in a corporation (company).

In the plural, stocks is often used as a synonym for shares especially in the United States, but it is less commonly used that way outside of North America.[1]

In the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia, stock can also refer to completely different financial instruments such as government bonds or, less commonly, to all kinds of marketable securities.[2]

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Twitter was amond top searches in 2009

2009: the Year of Twitter

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The year has not yet ended but Microsoft says "Twitter" was among the top searches of 2009 on its new search engine Bing and a company which monitors language has crowned it the top word of the year.


Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

Technology / Business

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.


Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders

Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.


Google said Teracent can pick and choose from thousands of creative elements of a display ad in real-time

Google buying display ad startup Teracent

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.


Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion (AP)

Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer.


EU: bluefin tuna catches to be reduced

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The EU Commission says over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year.


Churchill Downs Inc. owns the horse racing track which hosts the famed Kentucky Derby

Churchill Downs buying YouBet.com

Technology / Internet

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Churchill Downs Inc., owner of the horse racing track which hosts the famed Kentucky Derby, announced it has agreed to acquire online betting website YouBet.com.


Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins (AP)

Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins

Technology / Business

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz promised Tuesday to turn around the struggling Internet company after this year's "terrible" performance.


Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils ...


New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher ...


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Yahoo sets out to regain analysts' respect

Technology / Business

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- With its stock in a three-year funk, Yahoo Inc. set out Wednesday to persuade investors that the Internet company's struggles are nearly over.


Openings begin in Broadcom backdating case

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A jury was set Friday to hear opening statements in the federal trial of former Broadcom Corp. Chief Financial Officer William Ruehle, who faces conspiracy and fraud charges in an alleged scheme to backdate stock ...


Netflix 3Q earnings climb 48 percent (AP)

Netflix 3Q earnings rise 48 pct, but stock falls

Technology / Business

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Netflix Inc. has been doing so well during the recession that it's getting tougher for the DVD-by-mail pioneer to live up to investors' lofty expectations.


Irrational exuberance behind recent stock gains, says finance expert

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A second straight week of stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings from a broad cross section of U.S. industries has held the nation's Dow Jones Industrial Average above the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points for ...


Q&A: What does Wall Street?s recovery mean to Main Street?

What does Wall Street's recovery mean to Main Street?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average, among the world?s most closely watched stock indexes, closed above the 10,000-point mark last week for the first time since October 2008, a milestone that ...