Since we have now lost the candidate in this presidential election who spoke for one of the grandest of all American traditions, that of economic growth, we are in a position to take stock of a few things.
It would be entirely understandable for a stock to take a little bit of a breather after such a day, but on Monday afternoon the company had tacked on another 7.7% in heavy volume.
With a GRAT, the owner of a company can transfer stock in the firm into a trust for the benefit of heirs and take back an annuity representing the current value of that stock plus a government-specified interest rate, currently 1%.
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The transition from Eric Schmidt to Larry Page as CEO of Google is a useful moment to take stock of this iconic company.
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But before I let it all go to my head, I should probably take stock of a few items.
Just take a look at the stock of large US export companies after China released data that showed a slow down in their economies last week: Toyota Motor Company (NYSE:TM) down 1.92%, Honda (NYSE:HMC) down 2.12%, GM (NYSE:GM) down 2.09%, Ford (NYSE:F) down 1.24%, Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) down 0.52%, Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) down 7.30%, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) down .20%, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) down 1.37%, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) down 2.82%, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) down 1.21 %, and 3M (NYSE:MMM) down 1.35 percent.
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The March arrival of the Monterey in the eastern Med is a good time to take stock of how the U.S. missile defense program has changed over time, and consider the way in which changing threats and technologies have transformed the role of the Navy in missile defense from that of a disinterested bystander to a key player.
If a government recapitalisation does prove necessary, the treasury is likely to take one of two routes: a preferred-stock investment that allows the agencies to raise more capital of their own, or nationalisation through a common-equity injection that leaves current owners with nothing, and thus offers the taxpayer a better deal.
Because a simple economic stock-take of the coalition's first two-and-a-half years in office would not look very impressive at all.
They represent a chance to take stock of our lives and look forward to the coming year with clear eyes and renewed purpose.
This day is a time to take stock of the fortune we have known and the kindnesses we have shared, grateful for the God-given bounty that enriches our lives.
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Next month the Committee on Standards in Public Life - whose recommendations for changes to MPs' expenses set the groundwork for the current system - will publish in its annual report a "stock take" of the situation.
Investors, however, might more wisely take a look at the stock in danger of being edged aside, Exxon.
In the writ, barrister Caroline McColgan said Ms Pate was carrying out a stock take within the Coast section of the shop when she dropped the jewellery.
"It is a genuine opportunity to take stock of what the settlement has achieved to date and the challenges it may yet have to address in the years to come, " said the chancellor of Glasgow University.
Thanksgiving gives all of us a silent, peaceful opportunity to take stock in what is good in each one of us.
With YHOO, one might short sell the stock to take advantage of a plunge in the shares if a buyout offer does not materialize.
Take 7% a year out of a stock portfolio and there is a significant chance that, by time you turn 80, you will be sleeping on the sidewalk.
The Brussels summit will take place against a backdrop of calmer European stock markets than in previous meetings and less concern over the debt crises in Spain and Greece.
"There is no more 'month end' -- previously, you would do this stock take of data once a month but you can upload it in real time, " Darby told CNN.
Of course this isn't the first time that we've seen rebates drive down computer prices so much -- there was the HP setup that we saw over Labor Day, which included a CRT, and a burner for the same price after rebates too -- but a laptop is something to take stock of.
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"An advantage of a PIPE is that an institutional investor can take a large position in an illiquid stock, " said Byron Roth, chairman of Roth Capital Partners, which raised the most money in PIPE deals last year.
Direct investors in the Chinese stock market still take a rather grim view of corporate futures there.
Last year, Intel sold much of its stock to take a loss and offset a big gain it had in another investment.
It's partly to break that spell, and partly because there comes a point in any spiral of decline when a line has to be drawn, that 25 of the country's leading wildlife and conservation groups have decided to pool the misery and publish a single, shocking stock-take of the British Countryside.
Dimon will certainly have to be aggressive if he is to take a run at Sam Palmisano for the title of stock buyback king.
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You go to places like Nevada or Arizona or Florida, California, their inventory of unsold homes was so high that it is just going to take a whole bunch of years to absorb all that housing stock.
RSLs currently own a third of the social housing stock and will take over more as councils such as Birmingham's, England's largest municipal landlord, prepare to transfer another 93, 000 dwellings this autumn.
Who wanted to take a chance on a rat farm just after the collapse of the stock market?
It does not take a far stretch of imagination to assume that they also own the stock in their e-trade (ETFC) accounts.
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