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B

Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is the Class B shares of the company.
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B

1. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, a symbol on the ticker board indicating that the issue being traded is class B stock. That is, B represents common stock designated by the publicly-traded company issuing it as having fewer rights than class A stock, especially fewer voting rights.

2. A low bond rating used by the S&P and Fitch credit agencies. B-rated bonds are highly speculative and are thought to contain high risk and a relatively high chance of default. Banks are not permitted to invest in B-rated bonds. See also: Junk.
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B

A low, speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates there is considerable uncertainty as to the ability to pay interest and repay principal over a long period.

b

Used in the dividend column of stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate payment of a stock dividend in addition to the indicated cash dividend: 1.50b.
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From the open doorway came a flash of electric light, like a tiny searchlight, which quested about the barn and came to rest on her and Billy.
than was our heroe at what he saw in this barn. While he was looking everywhere round him with astonishment, a venerable person approached him with many friendly salutations, rather of too hearty a kind to be called courtly.
While his majesty was thus discoursing with Jones, a sudden uproar arose in the barn, and as it seems upon this occasion:--the courtesy of these people had by degrees removed all the apprehensions of Partridge, and he was prevailed upon not only to stuff himself with their food, but to taste some of their liquors, which by degrees entirely expelled all fear from his composition, and in its stead introduced much more agreeable sensations.
Twice he even managed to capture a chicken, and had a feast, once in a deserted barn and the other time in a lonely spot alongside of a stream.
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Boot Barn Holdings Inc (NYSE: BOOT), a leading lifestyle retailer, announced on Monday the acquisition of certain assets of G.&L Clothing Inc, an individually-owned retailer operating one store in Des Moines, Iowa.
The talk will focus on barn owls with an emphasis on conservation.
Village council members Monday night approved a variance that will allow construction of the 6,000-square-foot barn at the Palatine Park District facility.
A spokesman said: "We are thrilled to report that we have a new barn owl nest site in Co Down bringing the number of known nests in Northern Ireland back up from two to three.
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The main frame of the barn measures 18 feet by 36 feet with 14-foot sidewalls.
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