I recently had dinner with a lawyer who obtained inside information that a certain penny-stock company was about to announce a strategic partnership with a telecom giant.
前不久我和一个律师吃晚饭，他有内幕消息，说一个股价很低的公司要和电信巨头结成战略伙伴。
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Even some of the strongest institutions halted their stock repurchase programs and cut their quarterly dividend to a mere nickel or penny a share.
即使是最强大的组织也停止了他们的股票回购计划，并且将他们每季度进行股息支付减低到很小。
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Meanwhile a newly restored dividend — albeit a measly one penny per share — and a ten-for-one reverse stock split could drag its shares out of the single digits.