Low-priced stock that sells at less than $1.00 per share. Often highly-speculative and volatile, such as start-up mining companies. While, in general, penny stock are considered high-risk securities, some penny stock mature into less-speculative investments. All penny stock are traded over-the-counter.
In its natural form, cork is also a very good fire retardant, although cork dust is actually extremely flammable (because here the cell structure has been broken down). Impermeable: Cork has a magic chemical in its cell membrane that makes it completely impermeable to liquids and gases.
Cork (/kÉËrk/ Irish: Corcaigh, pronounced [ËkoÉ¾kÉªÉ], from corcach, meaning marsh) is a city in Ireland, located in the South-West Region, in the province of Munster. It has a population of 125,622 and is the second largest city in the state and the third most populous on the island of Ireland. The greater Metropolitan Cork area (which includes a number of satellite towns and suburbs) has a population exceeding 300,000.