Public Company Articles

Business » Public Company | By David Gass @ Monday, 3rd July 2006 @ 4:12 PM

Shareholders can bring a proposal for certain resolutions as part of the company’s annual meeting procedures. In order to file a proposal a shareholder must own at least $2,000 worth of shares or roughly 1% of all shares in a company and own these shares for a minimum period of one year as per the rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Securities and Exchange Commission protects the interest of the company and the shareholders. A resolution must usually be submitted 120 da... more...

Business » Public Company | By David Gass @ Monday, 3rd July 2006 @ 3:46 PM

A proxy is an agent legally authorized to act on behalf of someone else. When shareholders are unable to attend corporate meetings they can still cast their votes by using a proxy, who votes on their behalf. In order to do this the proxy needs to produce a power of attorney document. Generally the company sends a letter to shareholders, prior to any meeting. This letter contains several documents providing information about the company’s growth, performance, its management, information a... more...

Business » Public Company | By David Gass @ Monday, 3rd July 2006 @ 2:58 PM

An initial public offering (IPO) is the initial sale of the common shares of a company or corporation to public investors. A corporation issues an IPO to raise capital. IPOs come with a host of compliance regulations and other legal requirements. The term IPO refers to only the first public issuance of a company's shares. Any further public issuance of shares is a Secondary Market Offering. The company offering its shares, known as the issuer, enters into a contract with the underwriters to... more...

Business » Public Company | By David Gass @ Monday, 3rd July 2006 @ 2:25 PM

Insider trading is the trading of a company’s shares by people who work for the company, such as senior level executives, directors and those who own more than 10% of the total shares. Insider trading is illegal since the trading is based on some privileged information that the insider has access to, but is not known to the public at large. The act of misappropriating some privileged information, or violating duty and trading or relaying information illegally is illegal in the United States. The... more...

Business » Public Company | By David Gass @ Thursday, 29th June 2006 @ 7:17 AM

Dividends are a portion of the company’s earnings to be distributed to its shareholders, based on the board of directors’ decision. Dividends are quoted as Dividend Per Share (DPS) or dividend yield. Most companies having stable and secure growth offer dividends when their share prices become stagnant. However several companies do not offer dividends since all their profits are reinvested to ensure faster, better-than-average growth. The board of directors decides the percentage of the profit to... more...

Business » Public Company | By Brian Hawkins @ Friday, 16th June 2006 @ 6:15 AM

VoIP is one of the hottest technologies out there today. VoIP phone card business has been rewarding for early movers such as Vonage and Skype. But like any other growing market, the threat of new entrants is high in this market. As a rule in economics, companies will enter this market until there is a profit to be earned. Microsoft, Google, and AOL are just a few companies that are planning to compete in the VoIP market. But there is more to come, and the battle for the VoIP phone card market ... more...

Business » Public Company | By Daegan Smith @ Friday, 19th May 2006 @ 8:51 AM

Recruitment is one important ingredient in creating a successful business. It is better to have committed and responsible individuals to include in a particular group. It is will be easy to finish a goal. In any meeting or business appointments that you facilitate, you have to recruit new people that can help you in giving references like flyers and information sheets. These tools are effective ways in recruiting the right individuals for their specific specialization or expertise. It also invol... more...

Business » Public Company | By Joel Arberman @ Sunday, 30th April 2006 @ 6:27 PM

Depending on the size and nature of a public offering, it may be necessary to hire a separate investor relations firm. In many instances, both direct and initial public offerings can benefit from the services of professional investor relations assistance. For a company going public with an initial public offering, the decision to hire an investor relations firm will probably depend on the company’s ability to internalize the function or the underwriting firm’s ability to provide the... more...

Business » Public Company | By Lou Mele @ Friday, 14th April 2006 @ 6:57 AM

Hard water and build-up of scale have become a multi-billion dollar worldwide problem. Scale wastes enormous amounts of energy and reduces the lifespan of any equipment that uses water. The build-up of scale has become a big issue in virtually every industry using water in its daily operations. Think about dishwashers and coffee makers in restaurants and fast-food joints, washing machines in hotels, watering equipment in agricultural or service-related industry, cooling towers in the pe... more...