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Amount of fees and commissions from banking, advisory, brokerage, and securities underwriting activities. Activities include, but are not limited to, underwriting securities, private placements of securities, investment advisory and management services, merger and acquisition services, sale and servicing of mutual funds, and other related consulting fees.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 220
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.13(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120399700&loc=SL114874048-224260

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Issuance and sale of common stock in public offering price per share.

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Stock offered during period shares.

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