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prospectus

pruh spek tuhs

  • n  a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise
    a prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision
  • n  a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university

  • Every word, every figure in the prospectus was accurate.
  • THE ordinary corporate prospectus, a document prepared for prospective investors in a new stock issue, is perhaps 25% livelier reading than the Manhattan telephone book.
  • Said their prospectus: "People in America are, for the most part, poorly informed.
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  • Tom Coughlin in Dateline Alabama
    Sometimes it takes bad to become good again,Coughlin said. "I'd really rather not reflect on the bad part of it and just keep it in positive prospectus."
  • Nick Minchin in Sydney Morning Herald
    In order to satisfy the much higher than expected entitlement demand from existing shareholders, the base offer size has been increased, in accordance with the prospectus, to 3.69 billion shares,Senator Minchin said. "In addition, as set...
  • Peter Hain in guardian.co.uk
    People were tricked and conned into getting rid of millions of pounds on an absolutely false prospectus,said Mr Hain. "I think the public who were robbed of their money will want to know that this will never happen again, and that those...

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