1. Finance and Investment
Section 2.03

2.
Stocks help . . . raise money by selling
"pieces" of your business which can be
used to build new
plants and facilities, pay
down debt, or ac quire another company.smart
owner will keep at least 51% of the stock, which will allow them to
retain control of the day to day
activities, controlling shareholder.
ownership in a
If you were to d ivide your business up into small pieces and sell those pieces, you would essentially have
issued stock.