Even after the rebate, Britain is the fourth-biggest net contributor by shares of national income.
Odder still are the sharp gains by shares in car-parts manufacturers such as Dana, Eaton and, perhaps most remarkable, Delphi, a former subsidiary of its largest customer, embattled General Motors.
Hong Kong, where nearly half the market value is accounted for by shares of mainland companies, the benchmark Hang Seng index has been up by 27% year-to-date, twice the gain of the Dow Jones industrials in the United States.
The Shanghai Composite finished 1.7% lower at 2147.96, its lowest level since March 2009, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index ended the day up 0.2% at 19121.34, as the poor performance of commodity and transportation stocks was offset by shares in local conglomerates and gaming stocks.
Wall Street responded by sending shares higher by more than 17% the next day.
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In theory it should make no difference whether a company returns cash to its shareholders by repurchasing shares or by raising its dividend.
Finally, the cost of the options does not appear on the company's income statement--though it winds up costing the shareholders indirectly, as their percentage ownership in the company becomes diluted by the shares bought by company executives.
WestPark derives its revenue from fees it charges companies to take them public, commissions on shares placed in raising capital and by taking shares in the companies they take public.
The greed of investors to own shares in sharply rallying economies is going to be met by the heavy issuing of shares by corporates.
The Oppenheimer family is said to be preparing to double its current 45% stake in De Beers, by buying the shares owned by South Africa's mining giant, Anglo American which may need the money, judging by the mediocre results it announced this week.
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The traditional system allows investment bankers to use IPO shares to curry favor--legally or illegally--by dispensing shares to individuals or institutions.
As part of the state package, those banks that don't want funding from the state (which comes with caveats about executive pay and, potentially, the government getting seats on the board) can raise it by selling shares to their existing investors in a rights issue that would be underwritten by the government.
Alibaba shares are up 66.95 percent year to date ending June 10, followed by eBay shares up 62.35 percent and Amazon up 49.71 percent.
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Such mutual funds take in money, not by borrowing, but by selling shares of stock.
Less than a decade later, Rogers extended into publishing by acquiring shares of Maclean Hunter Limited.
Until the recent market tumble, they have been able to raise cash by selling shares.
But he denied he had done anything wrong by buying shares in DNA Bioscience.
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Yeung's ownership was diluted when he raised capital for Birmingham City by issuing shares through his company.
The U.S. stock declines on Wednesday were led by financial shares, amid the latest downturn in Europe's prospects.
You can protect yourself, to a degree, by owning shares of resource companies.
But you can make even more money by buying shares of the parent company before it announces its plans for a spinoff.
The result was millions of shareholders, me being one, were heavily diluted by owning shares in companies like BAC and C.
Many investors play the income game by purchasing shares of companies that deliver profits back to shareholders in the form of dividends.
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Many companies would love to cut their heavy debt by issuing shares.
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The money would be raised by selling shares to institutions and offering retail shareholders the opportunity to participate in a share purchase plan.
When corporations send you the annual 1099 dividend form, they also report all taxes paid by your shares, which count against your AMaxT.
By creating shares in their footballers, clubs can realise some of the equity in their human assets, without damaging the prospects of the team.
Therefore, all of the return that is likely to be generated by owning shares in the business is going to be from earnings growth.
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The late-day rally was sparked by financial shares, especially the brokers, which began rising on rumors that the Fed was imminently to cut interest rates.
Share buybacks help boost earnings per share by reducing shares outstanding.
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