a public company

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• public company — index utility (public service) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 public company …   Law dictionary

• Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 — Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 / Sarbanes Oxley / SOX/ Sarbox / Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 A US statute which became law on 30 July 2002. The Act makes substantial changes to the regulation of the accounting… …   Law dictionary

• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board — (PCAOB) USA A private, non profit corporation that oversees the auditors of public companies. The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) established the PCAOB to set auditing standards, register and inspect accounting firms, and enforce compliance with …   Law dictionary

• public company — public companies N COUNT A public company is a company whose shares can be bought by the general public …   English dictionary

• public company — n a company that offers its ↑shares for sale on the ↑stock exchange American Equivalent: public corporation …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• public company — /ˈpablik ˈkɔmpani, ingl. ˈpʌblɪk ˈkʌmpənɪ/ [loc. ingl., propr. «società (company) pubblica (public)»] loc. sost. f. inv. (econ.) società ad azionariato diffuso …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

• public company — noun MAINLY BRITISH a PUBLIC CORPORATION …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• public company — ► NOUN ▪ a company whose shares are traded freely on a stock exchange …   English terms dictionary

• Public company — A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities (stock, bonds, etc.) for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, but also may include companies whose stock is traded over… …   Wikipedia

• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board — The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or PCAOB) is a private sector, non profit corporation created by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, a 2002 United States federal law, to oversee the auditors of public companies. Its stated purpose is to… …   Wikipedia

• public company — A company that has held an initial public offering and whose shares are traded on a stock exchange or in the over the counter market. Public companies are subject to periodic filing and other obligations under the federal securities laws.… …   Financial and business terms