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Hooked on Kindle
By Chris Roush
Tracking the Business Behind the Tomato
By Jonathan Higuera
Five Questions with Bill Choyke
By Jonathan Higuera
Finding the Economy's Silver Lining
By Dick Weiss
Double Whammy: Oil and Housing
By Jennifer Hopfinger
Clarification on diluted shares
Q. What is the difference between "shares" and "diluted shares"? --Larry Banner, vice president, Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce
A. The difference is that diluted shares take into account any stock options or restricted stock granted to executives but not exercised or received. It's considered the better number, but with most companies, these two numbers don't differ unless the company has given out a huge number of stock options. Tech companies would be a good example.
-- Chris Roush, assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former business reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Copyright © 2008 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
The Reynolds Center has announced its 2009-10 free workshop schedule.
Select a workshop and register from the drop-down menu below.
The Reynolds Center registration for Fall 2009 free online seminars.
By Chris Roush
Tracking the Business Behind the Tomato
By Jonathan Higuera
Five Questions with Bill Choyke
By Jonathan Higuera
Finding the Economy's Silver Lining
By Dick Weiss
Double Whammy: Oil and Housing
By Jennifer Hopfinger
Clarification on diluted shares
Q. What is the difference between "shares" and "diluted shares"? --Larry Banner, vice president, Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce
A. The difference is that diluted shares take into account any stock options or restricted stock granted to executives but not exercised or received. It's considered the better number, but with most companies, these two numbers don't differ unless the company has given out a huge number of stock options. Tech companies would be a good example.
-- Chris Roush, assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former business reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Copyright © 2008 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism