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OCTOBER 9, 2024

This achievement is particularly noteworthy given the company's history of cash burn and shareholder dilution. country to legalize cannabis for recreational use. The company operates in a highly regulated industry with ongoing legal uncertainties in multiple key geographies. The company achieved positive free cash flow of CA$6.5

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JANUARY 6, 2025

Citizens served as financial advisor and Locke Lord served as legal advisor to Pearl Meyer and its shareholders. Ropes & Gray served as legal advisor to Coalesce Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

25, today's announcement about the capital restructuring move comes with an important detail that shareholders are likely unhappy about. This means that if a shareholder owns 109 shares of Canopy stock, they will receive only 10 shares of stock on a reverse-split-adjusted basis. What comes next for Canopy Growth stock?

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MARCH 19, 2025

I am incredibly excited about this acquisition, which enhances our footprint in some of the most bet-upon sports, including tennis, soccer, and basketball, and will deliver significant value to our clients, partners, and shareholders. Now that that is behind us, once the window opens up again, we will look to return capital to shareholders.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Political and legal pressure mounts Supermicro's management blames the margin erosion on competition and a tight inventory of key components. It also won't address the growing legal uncertainty surrounding the company. It shares this business model with rivals like Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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MARCH 27, 2025

That happened on Thursday with top Canadian cannabis company Tilray Brands (NASDAQ: TLRY) , following news of a development in the legal sphere. Finally, he accused Hexo of engineering a 2020 reverse stock split in order to essentially harm shareholders. Tilray's shares enjoyed a 9% pop on this news, comparing most favorably to the 0.3%

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APRIL 11, 2024

Since the release of the Surgeon General's report on smoking 60 years ago, usage has declined and tobacco companies like Altria had to pay out hundreds of billions of dollars in legal settlements. That situation should put shareholders on notice, forcing them to consider whether they should stay in Altria stock amid this uncertainty.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Abbott is a longtime leader in the healthcare sector, and has generally delivered excellent returns to long-term shareholders. And detractors will point out that Abbott has encountered some headwinds lately, especially on the legal and regulatory fronts. First, as mentioned earlier, it's faced legal and regulatory issues.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This included a $355 million benefit from legal settlements, which are now materially complete. Our first priority is to create shareholder value through our approximately 81% ownership stake in Enact. As indicated on its earnings call, Enact expects to return similar levels of capital to its shareholders in 2025 as it did in 2024.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

You are not required to hire a lawyer There is no requirement that you hire legal help to assist you with the incorporation process. Getting legal advice on these issues can help ensure you don't make a costly mistake that could come back to haunt you. Here's what you need to know. In fact, I incorporated my business on my own.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The utilities sector has historically underperformed the S&P 500 Utilities companies are often legal monopolies that generate consistent but slow-growing earnings. Vistra is largest competitive power generator in the U.S., Image source: Getty Images. The Vanguard Utilities ETF is a cheap and easy way to capitalize on that possibility.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

More than a few are seeing their stocks approach one-year highs, thanks to optimism about impending legalization and improving fundamentals. Quick and opportunistic, Green Thumb was fast to establish networks of its Rise dispensaries in Minnesota and Ohio, two of the three states that legalized recreational pot in 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Johnson & Johnson: $163 per share Johnson & Johnson's legal and regulatory problems have somewhat overshadowed its business results during the past few years. On the legal front, it is still dealing with thousands of lawsuits from people who allege that its talc-based products caused their cancers.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

The cannabis industry continues to contend with mixed legislation and legalization at the state level while a total federal ban on marijuana remains in place. Innovative Industrial Properties looks well-positioned to continue its favorable growth trajectory, and long-term shareholders could be rewarded in kind as the decade proceeds.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

See, not only have states only staggered into the legalization camp since 2018, but it also takes some time for the sports betting industry to fully mature in a particular market once DraftKings sets up shop. Starbucks shareholders are also excited to know Brian Niccol will be taking the helm as CEO next month.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These leaders in healthcare have been rewarding shareholders for decades and should continue to do so for a long time. Abbott should continue rewarding its shareholders with regular dividend hikes for a long time. Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson also has its share of problems, especially on the legal front.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

The industrial conglomerate has had to deal with a large number of legal issues recently, but reports suggested that 3M might be closer to putting another major problem behind it. It's never good news for companies to pay for doing harm, but most 3M shareholders had expected far worse. Several stock analysts believe that the $5.5

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MAY 18, 2024

You may even be a shareholder. In states where it's legal to do so, its app and website allow consumers to place various wagers on a wide range of sporting events. The legalization movement is gaining traction, though. As the adage goes, though, past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

He legally isn't required to tell Wall Street or investors anything else about his company's BofA position until then. What we won't know is if Buffett undertakes any additional selling of Bank of America's stock from Oct. 11 through Dec. Berkshire Hathaway won't file the 13F detailing fourth-quarter trading activity until Feb.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

During Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in early May, he opined that the corporate tax rate would likely climb in the future. Perhaps Buffett's favorite trait about Sirius XM is that it's a legal monopoly. 1 position. This works out to almost a third of the company's outstanding shares.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

What stalled the momentum this week was likely a lawsuit filed by shareholders of the company, alleging certain false and misleading statements and failure to disclose connections with the underwriter of the IPO, investment bank B. It has been on a tear this year, with its stock price up nearly 225%, trading at $6 per share.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Investors look forward to Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter, and in the 2023 version, released on Feb. shareholder whom Buffett described as understanding "many accounting terms, but. 24, he didn't disappoint. It was chock-full of Buffett's typical down-to-earth, blunt, and solid investing advice mixed with his wit and humor.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

There's no denying that Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is facing an alarming legal challenge right now. Alphabet stock still has plenty of upside None of this is to suggest that current and would-be shareholders should ignore Alphabet's current legal troubles. more ways than one.

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APRIL 5, 2024

These specialized entities are popular among income-seeking investors because they can legally avoid paying income taxes by distributing at least 90% of their earnings to shareholders. Long-term Realty Income shareholders realized market-beating returns because the REIT doesn't give leases to every type of business that comes calling.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The top concern for Visa shareholders would be a U.S. The valuation is shareholder-friendly as well. In 2024, New Hampshire and Florida will both have a good shot to tip the scales toward adult-use legalization. or global recession. This is precisely what we've seen from Fiverr, whose take rate expanded to 31.3%

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Sirius XM is a rare breed of company in the sense that it's a legal monopoly. The advantage of being a legal monopoly is it affords Sirius XM notable subscription pricing power. But it could be argued that its legal monopoly status isn't its biggest competitive advantage within the radio space.

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AUGUST 18, 2024

Meet the legal monopoly stock-split stock Warren Buffett is piling into Though Buffett purchased shares of seven securities during the second quarter, including opening new positions in Ulta Beauty and HEICO , it's the roughly 96.2 In each of the last seven quarters, Buffett and his crew have been big-time net-sellers of equity securities.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Warehouse retail giant Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) has delivered market-stomping shareholder returns over the last three years. So let's look at what's up next for Costco, its customers, and its shareholders. Gas-powered cars will still be legal and ubiquitous for the next decade or so.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

Under different umbrellas, the sum of the parts could easily become worth more than the whole, significantly benefiting shareholders. A delisting could wipe out the investment in these companies, posing a significant risk that shareholders in other companies do not face.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

As a REIT, it can legally avoid paying income taxes if it distributes nearly all its profits to shareholders as a dividend. With help from Altria's highly experienced legal team, NJOY filed suits against 34 manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of illicit e-vapor products last October.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The company still faces challenges, such as: Legal uncertainty in the multiple key geographies Burdensome and costly regulations in the Canadian market Competition from illicit sources Moreover, the company has a history of diluting shareholders on a regular basis. Key takeaway Aurora Cannabis isn't without risk.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

There has been some opposition to the manufacturing facility in the Peach State, but its road to development became clearer this summer after clearing a legal hurdle. Volkswagen has been a longtime partner and is currently QuantumScape's largest shareholder. Rivian expects its vehicle production will accelerate in 2023.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2023

When a company's management feels that it's generating more money than it needs to spend, it may decide to reward (or attract) shareholders by committing to paying a regular dividend. Dividends shareholders receive can be reinvested in more shares of stock, each of which may pay dividends of its own, generating a compounding effect.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it can legally avoid paying income taxes by distributing nearly all its profit to shareholders as a dividend. Here's why these two stocks could be far less risky than their ultra-high dividend yields suggest. At recent prices, its dividend offers a 9.3%

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MARCH 2, 2024

As a BDC, Ares Capital must return at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Innovative Industrial Properties Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR) is the first -- and only -- real estate investment trust (REIT) trading on the New York Stock Exchange that focuses on the legal cannabis market.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

They are also popular with income-seeking investors because they can legally avoid paying income taxes by distributing nearly all their profits to shareholders as dividends. These specialty financiers fill the gap left by U.S. banks that have been dialing back their direct lending operations for decades.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

ET on Tuesday after the company released the voting results from its annual general and special meeting of shareholders. All six of these "matters put forward before the Company's shareholders" were approved. What happened Shares of Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC) leaped nearly 11% higher (10.8%

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