The company pays bondholders in common stock.
The rest of his holdings are in common stock.
But the giddy annual rises in the market averages persuaded many that the risks in common stock were overblown.
GTX INC., Memphis, a drug developer, registered an initial public offering to sell up to $86.25 million in common stock.
Morgan Stanley raised $8 billion by selling $4 billion in common stock and $4 billion in bonds.
Under the agreement, Lucent will pay $315 million in common stock, cash or a combination of both.
Avis Group Holdings Inc. said yesterday that it planned to buy back as much as $100 million in common stock in an effort to improve its share price.
It will issue about $103.5 million in common stock to buy Vitamins.com, an online provider of vitamins, minerals and supplements, adding 200,000 new customers.
Even before federal regulators announced the results of its stress tests, Wells Fargo announced that it would offer $6 billion in common stock.
The purchase, for $280 million in cash and about $55 million in common stock will result in The Limited's owning about 8percentt of Charming Shoppes.
Playboy Enterprises withdrew a planned offering of as much as $50 million in common stock for its Playboy.com Web site, citing a weak market.
