Sentence examples for was given stock from inspiring English sources

Mr. McColl, 64, also was given stock options valued at $27.2 million.

In 1998, former President George Bush was given stock when he made a speech in Tokyo on behalf of Global Crossing, the Beverly Hills telecommunications company that is now nearly bankrupt.

As president and chief operating officer, Mr. Bell was paid $3.3 million in salary, bonus and restricted stock last year and was given stock options with an estimated value of $980,000.

Jordan Moncharmont, 21, a senior at Stanford University who was given stock options after he started working at Facebook part time, said Google's high stock price can be a disincentive to a prospective hire as it translates to a high exercise price for options.

The CEO of the giant insurance company United Health was given stock options worth $1.1 billion and then had the arrogance and gall to fraudulently backdate these options to allow him to reap another $500 million.

The story goes that in 1929 Joseph Kennedy liquidated his portfolio when he heard that a shoeshine boy (in some versions, an elevator boy) was giving stock tips.Bubbles are relatively rare, however.

She, too, has been given stock options.

He also has been given stock awards totaling about $126 million, according to figures compiled by Bloomberg News Service.

Creditors were given stock when the company came out of bankruptcy at the end of 2012.

But customers who had been given stock still owed $17 a share.

"There the security guard can make $100 million because everyone is given stock," Mr. McKay said.