- present tense form of share (3rd person singular).
shares
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Janie and Joey Buss asked a judge on Friday to dismiss Jeanie Buss’ claim the family trust cannot the sell Lakers shares without her consent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The vote of five siblings to sell the shares triggered the termination clause in the trust, and the filing argues that the trust doesn’t grant trustees discretion to disregard a valid vote to terminate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
And even Nasdaq, which is developing its own tokenization platform, has said it would opt out of having its own shares tokenized under the framework proposed by the SEC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
EchoStar shares have room to surge as much as 67%, argues a newly bullish J.P.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
All the managers could be dismissed and all its shares sold, but the company itself would remain intact.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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