Since shareholders thus take greater risks than banks, their return in good times is higher.

But its big shareholders are taking steps to get in on the bonanza.

Some 2,500 shareholders took advantage of the opportunity at Templeton.

As a result, shareholders have taken a bath, analysts said, with the bank losing more than $30 billion in market value.

We would request that our shareholders take the long-term view.

Companies and major shareholders had been taking loans with their own shares as collateral.

The trouble was, shareholders sometimes took these warnings at face value.

"But once the shareholders take control, the new board can hire its own managing agent."

This is a risk that shareholders take when they make a corporate investment.

"We believe our shareholders should and will take a straightforward $8 in cash."