equity
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In a call with analysts, Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Lay also divulged that the company had cut its shareholder equity by $1.2 billion, meaning Enron was suddenly worth a lot less money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The move, orchestrated by Everett to satisfy the demands of the company’s top-dollar backers, cheats Michael out of his stock options and equity in the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
We have $500,000 in cash from downsizing, and $800,000 in home equity in our paid-off house.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
UniCredit said it had received the authorization from the ECB to "cross the 30% equity participation threshold in Commerzbank AG... and to increase its stake further without upper limits".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Our school is all about social justice and equity, so our clubs all have to have some kind of social consciousness to them.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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Investors this week didn’t abandon equities entirely, even if they did pour some capital back into the bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, pressure on U.S. 10-year treasury yields was slightly easing Thursday, which Jefferies equities trading analyst Jeffrey Favuzza said was likely “a function around the sentiment in AI.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Falling oil prices and pressure on global equities, particularly in the chip sector, also helped Treasury yields decline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Markets have been rising globally, with the exception of Chinese equities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Those advantages, which you suppose to disturb the equities of the case—were they not products of British energy?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing equity
The Constitution of the United States
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - High School
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