Broker-sold B shares deserve an F

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Mutual-fund companies call them B shares. But if I were you, I would give them...investors about the costs involved in buying B shares. These back-end-commission funds account...There are relatively few instances where B shares are the better choice." Indeed, I have...

Judge Forces SEC to Play by Rules: Decision on B shares could lead agency...

On Wall Street;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...A judge's ruling involving the sale of B shares may make it harder for the Securities and...reps of failing to disclose to clients that A shares produce materially higher returns, and B shares significantly increase the commissions paid...

To B or Not to B: Once-popular B shares have seen their sales dwindle...

Financial Planning;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Will B Shares go the way of the dodo? Over the past year...fund companies have stopped issuing new B shares, the most recent and well-known being Franklin...Boards of funds are thinking a lot about B shares and whether they make sense in a variety...

Investcorp clients selling Saks 2nd-offering shares.(Saks Fifth Avenue)

WWD;  September 4, 1996 ;     557 words ......While Investcorp itself is not selling any shares in the secondary offering announced last...29.5 million from the sale of 884,711 shares. The Prince acquired his $100 million...percent stake in Saks, or 3.6 million shares, down from 7.1 percent. Another seller...

B shares surge on merger talk

China Daily;  January 12, 2007 ;     523 words ...B shares traded on both the Shanghai and Shenzhen...on speculation they will be merged with A shares. The B-Share Stock Price Index yesterday...percent to 479.74 in Shenzhen. Meanwhile, A shares in Shanghai dropped 1.96 percent to 2770...

Determining which shares to sell

The Boston Globe;  March 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Q. In the '70s my father purchased 291 shares of a utility stock, and since that time it has had two stock splits. He would like to sell the shares he originally purchased and all of the shares he acquired through dividend reinvestments, but...

B shares weekly review

Xinhua News Agency;  March 2, 2001 ;     566 words ...China's 114 Class B shares surged by the limit in Shanghai and Shenzhen...orders swamped sell orders, with few shares actually traded. Shanghai's three-day...Chinese regulators expect to merge B shares with RMB- denominated Class A shares...

Insiders buy up Cepheid shares: COMPANY GETS U.S. GRANT FOR QUICK TB TEST.

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA);  September 4, 2006 ;     493 words ...Byline: Jack Davis Sep. 4--Shares of Cepheid, a genetic analysis company...seven insiders disclosed having bought shares of the Sunnyvale company. The purchases...States Postal Service. The news sent shares down 14.5 percent to $7.41 the next...

Sale of Lehi water shares void

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 20, 2006 ;     468 words ...LEHI -- A January auction of water shares that the Lehi Irrigation Company claimed were in delinquency has been voided and shares will be returned to their original owners...substantial enough, the sales of those shares are void." John Mabey, the company's current...

The cash or shares windfall dilemma.

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  January 30, 2000 ;     570 words ...CASH or shares? This is the decision facing thousands...to you, the arguments for and against shares provide insights into the workings of...other demutualisations. Historically, shares outperform cash. If you don't need the...

CryptoLogic To Make Substantial Issuer Bid For Up To 1 Million Shares.

Canadian Corporate News;  November 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Major share repurchase provides opportunity to tender shares at a premium to current market The Board of Directors...for cash up to 1,000,000 of its outstanding common shares (the Shares ) by way of a Dutch auction process. Pursuant to this...

ICG shares chalk up further gain to close at nearly EU20.(BUSINESS)

Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  March 20, 2007 ;     314 words ...Byline: Jim Aughney SHARES in Irish Ferries parent Irish Continental Group (ICG) rose...holiday demand was quite light, but over EU2.7m worth of shares changed hands with 138,000 shares traded. The ICG shares opened stronger in the early trades...

How to sell shares, with or without a broker's assistance

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 How to sell shares, with or without a broker's assistance...INVESTMENT MAILBAG Q. I have three shares of Southwestern Bell Corp. Where can...You have three options: (1) Sell the shares back to the company; (2) sell the shares...

Class B shares may be on the way out

Daily Breeze;  February 14, 2005 ;     643 words ...Class B shares of mutual funds always have been second-cla...but the fees vary substantially. "A" shares are the old-fashioned model, with an upfront...that varies with the amount invested. "B" shares typically have an annual charge and a...

Northland's chief seeks to stop short-sellers Swendrowski pleads with...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 8, 1997 ;     611 words ...Investors own 17 million shares of Northland Cranberries Inc., the Wisconsin...But the company has only 15 million shares outstanding. That fact recently got...shareholders asking them to register their shares in their own name, or to tell the bank...