Stock
hideIn 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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News tagged with stock
Wall Street rocket scientists crash to Earth
Apr 07, 2009 |
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There's a reason Wall Street resembles a rocket experiment gone wrong: rocket scientists helped make it happen.
New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Hoover's pro-labor stance helped cause Great Depression, economist says
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pro-labor policies pushed by President Herbert Hoover after the stock market crash of 1929 accounted for close to two-thirds of the drop in the nation's gross domestic product over the two years that followed, ...
Asian competitors shadow German solar industry
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Germany's solar power industry, until recently the world leader in the technology, is facing an unprecedented crisis, analysts say, outshone by cheaper competitors from Asia, most notably Chinese firms.
Flawed 401(k) laws putting retirement at risk, expert says
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Congress needs to reform flawed 401(k) laws that could push back retirement for millions of Americans whose savings have collapsed along with the stock market, a University of Illinois elder law expert says.
New research helps predict stock market
Feb 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Massey University have developed a new way to predict stock markets that has been recognised with an award from New Zealand finance specialists.
Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market
Sep 21, 2009 |
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One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.
Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again - and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.
Cyber spying a threat, and everyone is in on it
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ghost hackers infiltrating the computers of Tibetan exiles and the U.S. electric grid have pulled the curtain back on 21st-century espionage as nefarious as anything from the Cold War - and far more difficult to stop.
Online gambling a bad bet for America, U. of I. expert says
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gambling addictions would soar and an already-sputtering economy could sink into ruin if Congress overturns a decades-old ban on Internet gambling, a University of Illinois professor and national ...
Investors who 'gamble' in the stock market have same characteristics as lottery players
Feb 26, 2009 |
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The socioeconomic characteristics of people who play state lotteries are similar to investors who pick stocks with a lottery quality--high risk with a small potential for high return, and just like the lottery, returns on ...
India's TCS announces 29 pct quarterly profit jump
Oct 16, 2009 |
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India's biggest software services exporter, TCS, reported Friday that its quarterly net profit rose by 29 percent as the company sealed more deals in a better global business environment.
Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.
Underwater stock options drive top executives turnover
Nov 20, 2008 |
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When the market price of company stock falls below the exercise price, the options are considered to be "out of the money" or underwater. Many publicly traded firms have become concerned about retaining highly valued executives ...
Millionths of a second can cost millions of dollars: A new way to track network delays
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have developed an inexpensive solution for diagnosing networking delays in data center networks as short as tens of millionths of seconds—delays that can lead to multi-million ...
