| Should this happen, bondholders would be paid first during the liquidation process, then preferred stockholders, and lastly common stockholders. |
| To be sure, debt carries significant tax benefits, is cheaper than equity, and provides more value to stockholders in a leveraged buyout. |
| But just because Microsoft is handing a load of cash to stockholders doesn't mean it won't have plenty of dough to invest in its future. |
| That's no simple question, as the hundreds of pages filled with figures and legalese that Viacom dropped on its stockholders make plain. |
| When a company files for Chapter 11, that company is assigned a committee that represents the interests of creditors and stockholders. |
| In tender offers, corporations issue public promises to purchase the stock of targets directly from their stockholders at preset prices. |
