Which best explains what it means for a company to sell its stock?
investors are lending the company money which the company must pay back later with interest.
investors are buying a share of the loans the company has taken from banks. as the loans are repaid, the investor will profit.
companies are trading shares of ownership with a business competitor, so that both businesses cannot have too great a loss.
companies are selling shares of ownership and a share of its profits in exchange for money it can use to operate their business.

D, Companies are selling shares of ownership and a share of its profits in exchange for money it can use to operate their business.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

after world war ii, the united states and the soviet union were the major economic, military, and political powers. the world was bilateral multipolar bipolar unilateral

after world war ii, the united states and the soviet union were the major economic, military, and political powers. the world was bipolar.  

the great leap forward, mao zedong's plan to increase china's agricultural and industrial production, was an overwhelming success. true false

the great leap forward, mao zedong's plan to increase china's agricultural and industrial production, was an overwhelming success. true.

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