The theory is that the shareholders are in control because they elect the board and the board hires the president and it's democratic.

之所以理论上说股东是掌控者,是因为他们选出董事会,董事会选出总裁,这是个民主的过程

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Now, in some countries and in some jurisdictions the law might not be entirely clear on that; they might say there are other stakeholders.

但在某些国家及法律体系中,法律对此的规定并不明确,他们会说还有其他的股东

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Then he comes back and says, I managed to get all but one hundred shares and there's this one guy-- this Yale student--who owns one hundred shares of Google stock and I'm having trouble getting him to sell.

然后他回来了,说,就差一手股票就齐了,有一个股东,耶鲁大学的学生,有一百股谷歌股票,他就是不卖

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