common stock
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Musk holds a 48.4% equity stake in SpaceX, which represents approximately 6.42 billion shares across common stock, options and unvested performance awards, according to an August SEC filing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The transaction will take the company private, with its common stock no longer publicly listed on the Nasdaq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Ellison family owns 77.5% of Paramount’s voting Class A common stock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
While Boeing paid $8.4 billion—including common stock, loan settlements and debt repayments—it initially allocated $10 billion of the purchase price to the intangible asset goodwill as of Dec. 31 last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Every scholar and man of science is bound to enlarge as far as he can the common stock of truth, to add to the scientific possessions of the human race.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler
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