Mingled with the freak show was a generous stock of common sense, plus a measure of companionable cheer, and that Martian glare was readily supplanted by a grin.
There is a brass footrail next to Old Bull and a padded bar above him, with beer tap, soda siphon, and a generous stock of bottles.
Bubbles can only arise in markets where the stock of items is very large relative to new production.
All those highly paid engineers, with their generous stock options and unheard-of buying power, aren't making the Valley more equal — they're making it less so.
As more countries realize that they need to develop high-tech industries, they are being forced to match the generous stock options plans of their competitors.
Welch gave generous stock options to thousands of G.E. executives, and, over the years, many of them became multimillionaires.
In a time of generous stock options and irrationally optimistic markets, I.P.O.s seemed to offer a reliable road to riches.
Put a generous stock market bottom p/e multiple of 15 on that and you get an S&P 500 of 600, 32% below where it is now.
And the local press feasted on the fact that GSK shareholders nixed a fat $6.5 million severance package (plus, of course, generous stock options) as being too American.
Most major players drove their stock price up 30 percent or more, partly because of excellent results and generous stock buybacks.
They stock thousands of items from toys and electronics to home, beauty and apparel.
