Stocks

The ticker symbol for Watson Pharmaceuticals is WPI and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Because when people buy stock, that means they are paying a company a sum to have the right to own a part of that company. When this happens the value of the company goes up. However if people do not like a company they will sell the stock they own and get money back for it. When this happens the company now holds less money and its stock goes down. This happens with thousands of listings everyday on the stock exchanges.

A stock represents a tiny actual fractional ownership in a real company. Shares are usually parts ownership in a mutual fund.

In bankruptcy, liquidation means converting non-exempt assets to cash, usually by sale at an auction, and using the cash to pay the trustee and then the remaining unsecured creditors pro rata.

Matchbox is a brand of toy cars manufactured by Mattel. While you can not invest in Matchbox by itself you can invest in the parent company Mattel. The ticker symbol for Mattel is MATand it trades on the New York Stock Exchange.

Total equity share capital of a corporation is the product of number of shares issued times current market price.

If XYZ corporation has 100 Million shares outstanding and the current market price is $5 per share, then total share capital is 100 Million x $5 = $500 Million

Etnies, stylized as etnies, was founded in 1986 by a professional skateboarder. Today, the company is a subsidiary of Sole Technology, Inc., and does not have a ticker symbol.

CVX.

A corporation.

Premcor, Inc. was acquired by Valero Energy for $6.9 billion on April 25, 2005. The ticker symbol for Valero Energy is VLO and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Majestic Athletic is a subsidiary of VF Corporation as it was acquired by VF Corp. on February 28, 2007. The ticker symbol for VF Corporation is VFC and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Wrangler Jeans is a subsidiary of VF Corp. The ticker symbol for VF Corporation is VFC and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Eastpak is a subsidiary of VF Corp. The ticker symbol for VF Corporation is VFC and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

JanSport is a subsidiary of VF Corp. The ticker symbol for VF Corporation is VFC and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Seven Jeans (or Seven for all Mankind) is a subsidiary of VF Corp. after being acquired on July 26, 2007. The ticker symbol for VF Corporation is VFC and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Lee Jeans is a subsidiary of VF Corp. The ticker symbol for VF Corporation is VFC and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

The ticker symbol for Unum (formerly UnumProvident) is UNM and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Univision Communications is a private company and as such has no publicly-traded stock. It was taken private in March 2007 by Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. From Sept. 1996 until its sale it was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol UVN.

The ticker symbol for Union Pacific is UNP and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

The ticker symbol for UST (U.S. Smokeless Tobacco) is UST and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a privately-held company and as such has no publicly-traded stock.

Vanity Fair magazine is a division of Condé Nast Publications, a subsidiary of privately-held Advance Publications. Advance Publications has no publicly-traded stock.

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In 1992 Centel was acquired by Sprint. The Centel subsidiary was then spun off by Sprint on May 18, 2006 as part of the newly-formed Embarq Corporation. The ticker symbol for Embarq is EQ and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.