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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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Ternus will also get a prorated restricted stock unit award with a target value of $2.5 million for the time he spends as CEO in fiscal 2026, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The dollar is at 160.19 yen, compared with Y159.94 as of Tuesday’s Tokyo stock market close.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Medtronic stock advances after the company posts better-than-expected quarterly earnings, raises revenue guidance, and announces a $700 million investment.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

On Tuesday, with the failure of SB 492, the two companies’ stock recovered.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Interestingly, he was buying stock in his own company.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Some are betting that a sustained rise in bond yields could prick what many see as a bubble in AI-driven stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

There are many factors behind the recent weakness in stocks that has brought the indexes down to their 50-DMAs.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Rising yields are leading investors like Florian Ielpo, a portfolio manager at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, to rethink their investment strategies that give greater weight to stocks over bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

With that new wave in mind, Conti initiated coverage of eight hardware stocks on Monday.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

He investigated the stocks of home builders, and then the stocks of companies that insured home mortgages, like PMI.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Games stocked with luxe toys and more are taking over arcades, and operators actually want customers to grab the goods—at least once or twice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Like shoppers trying to keep the fridge stocked, pharmaceutical chiefs are constantly hunting for promising biotech drugs to replace expiring blockbusters.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

In Cornwall, Kernow Astronomers have stocked with 420 eclipse glasses to give out at their event at the National Trust car park at Carnewas, at the Bedruthan Steps near Newquay, on the county's north coast.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Gruel recalls growing up in what he calls the “microwave generation,” in a house stocked with cereal, pasta, refined carbohydrates and premade salad dressings.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

In the country there were barns and silos stocked with grain and corn, and chicken houses full of eggs.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Food and beverage companies also begin stocking up for one of their busiest sales periods, adding pressure on wholesale prices.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Also, most healthcare operators can cope well with cost pressures by stocking up on medical supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

You may miss stocking up in well-lit superstores but enjoy getting to know shopkeepers who run tiny bodegas.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Hundreds of people milled around a popular market in La Paz, stocking up on food products that had only just arrived.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Several days later, in the store stocking shelves in the canned food aisle, I hear a man’s voice I recognize but can’t place.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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