Sentence examples for a common and preferred from inspiring English sources

But the development of electronic distance-measuring devices has made trilateration a common and preferred system.

According to the report, the investment would be structured as both a common and preferred stock offering, adding that the preferred stock could be later converted to common shares, subject to a shareholder vote.

Sassani says he was also sent a letter that said KLP would sell off all common and preferred stock and other assets valued at $25 million (Zozi's most recent valuation) to cover the $5.7 million loan.

Bally would pay more than $440 million for all common and preferred stock.

Under a conservatorship, the common and preferred shares of Fannie and Freddie would be reduced to little or nothing, and any losses on mortgages they own or guarantee could be paid by taxpayers.

Under the terms of the deal, MetLife will pay about $6.8 billion in cash, with the rest of the purchase being made in a mixture of common and preferred shares.

Some are traditional straight preferreds, some (called trust preferreds) are in effect bonds carved into little pieces, and some (called convertible preferreds) act like a blend of common and preferred stock.

Bresnan agreed to pay $525 million in cash plus an undisclosed amount of common and preferred stock -- not a total of $525 million in cash and stock.

A caution: Although many common and preferred stocks qualify for the 15% tax rate, some stocks, like those of real estate investment trusts, do not.

Tri-Con's initial capital structure called for an equal weighting in common and preferred stock.

A total of $30 billion in common and preferred stock was issued, compared with $33.5 billion in all of last year.