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Is your company publicly or privately held?
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you can research a company, you need a basic understanding of how
companies are organized. |
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are either publicly or privately held. Most companies in the United
States are private. Publicly held companies sell stock to the public
and are required by law to provide certain information to shareholders
and the government. |
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Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) is the Federal agency that
regulates public companies. Private companies are not legally required
to disclose information about their operations and generally guard
information about themselves very carefully. The result—publicly held
companies are easier to research than private companies. |
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