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Abe and Bill amount assets assume bidder bondholders bonds borrow business judgment rule capital cash Chapter claim common shareholders common stock contract contribution Corp corporate law corporation's cost courts creditors debt decisions default directors dividends duration earnings economic effect employees entitled example exchange expected return fact fiduciary firm firm's funds futures contract gain held corporation high-yield bonds holders income incorporation increase individual initial insider trading interest rate investment investors issuer issues lawyer lender leverage liability limited loan loss majority managers ment merger Morris NYSE opportunity option outcome owner ownership paid Pamela partners percent person possibility potential preferred stock present value problems profits protect purchase rate of return reification relationship retained earnings risk rule securities sell shareholders shares significant statutes Suppose takeover tender offer tion trading transaction volatility risk vote worth X Corp