public corporations
State-owned business entities
Public corporations are companies whose shares trade on stock exchanges, available for purchase by the general public.
Unlike private companies, they must disclose financial information and follow securities regulations.
The term also refers to government-owned entities created to serve public purposes: The postal service operates as a public corporation.
Context usually makes clear which meaning applies.
- Sarbanes-Oxley ActCorporate financial reporting law
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- shareholder meetingGathering of company owners
- stock exchangeSecurities trading marketplace
- stock tickerReal-time price feed
CEO · board of directors · dividends · proxy voting · proxy fight · fiduciary duty · shareholder rights · annual general meeting · securities · trading volume · quarterly earnings · earnings call · market capitalization · blue chip stocks · Fortune 500 · financial institutions · bylaws · investment banks
- government unitsdepartment, bureau, agency, ministry, branch
- public bodiesfederal agencies, state agencies, regulatory bodies, chambers, bar associations
- public entitiesgovernment agencies, state enterprises, state agencies, local authorities, national agencies
- entitiesentity, being, object, thing, item
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- corporationsApple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Toyota
public corporationsprivate corporations
Businesses not publicly traded
private companies · family-owned businesses · sole proprietorships · partnerships
public corporationsnonprofit organizations
Groups without profit motive
charities · foundations · NGOs · government agencies · social enterprises
public corporationsgovernment agencies
State-run administrative bodies
public sector organizations · municipal authorities · federal agencies
public, publicly, publics, publication, publications, publish, publisher, publishers, publishing