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Investors aren’t always happy when a company sells stock to the public because it increases the number of shares outstanding, which in turn reduces the percentage of the company that current shareholders own.
From MarketWatch
He throws at reporters so much fluff—personal asides, fulminations about adversaries real and imagined, commentary on culture and self-congratulation—that the press and public often ignore important things.
A worker’s interest in speaking on a matter of public concern is supposed to be weighed against the state’s interest in undisrupted services.
Press reports say public protests have broken out in cities over the currency plunge and inflation.
The order, signed by Judge Deirdre Hill, restricts the public release of “any investigative information, notes, reports or photos” related to the death investigation, according to the document obtained by The Times on Monday.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
