Joint-Stock Company: A joint-stock company is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion to his or her ownership of the company’s shares (certificates of ownership). This allows for the unequal ownership of a business with some shareholders owning a larger proportion of a company than others. Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern corporate
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There are three main types of business‚ namely‚ Sole Proprietorship‚ Partnership and Corporations. Partnership allows for two (2) or more persons (up to 20) to operate and share ownership of a single business. This means that there is shared management‚ shared profit or loss‚ as well as shared risk; therefore‚ there are fewer consequences with regards to ownership‚ responsibility and liability. Sole Proprietorship‚ on the other hand‚ is a type of business entity that is owned and operated by one
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Chapter # 03 Partnership Q-1 Define Partnership and explain the features of Partnership? Ans. A partnership is the relationship existing between two or more persons who join to carry on a trade or business. Each person contributes money‚ property‚ labor or skill‚ and expects to share in the profits and losses of the business. A partnership must file an annual information return to report the income‚ deductions‚ gains‚ losses‚ etc.‚ from its operations‚ but it does not pay income tax. Instead
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1 LITI Task 1 Business Organizations Sole Proprietorship A sole proprietorship is owned by one person that runs the business. No formalities are necessary since the business is not owned by anyone else. There are some advantages and disadvantages of owning a sole proprietorship. One advantage is that the business can be closed down at any time and any financial obligations can be paid off. Another advantage is that the business has no boss‚ partner‚ or board of directors to answer to. One
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Velisa Ash History 111 Midterm Exam 10/24/2011 Essay Question 2: Analyze the role joint-stock companies had in settling America. Joint-stock companies charted by King James I funded the English colonial enterprises. Investors bought shares in the company‚ and at the end of a specified period received their investment back plus a percentage of the profits of the company. In April of 1606‚ the king issued a charter to the Virginia Company of London to create a colony in America. In December
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Every partner has some rights in the partnership firm and in the same manner; each partner is liable jointly and severally for all the acts of the firm done by him while he is a partner in a partnership firm. The firm is liable to the same extent as the partner‚ for the loss or injury caused to any third party or any penalty is incurred‚ by his wrongful act or omission of a partner acting in the ordinary course of a business of the firm or with the authority of his partners. When a firm acting
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Business Case Scenario: State Street Bank - Investment Bank (Custodian Bank) and the Use of IT services History: State Street Corporation‚ known as State Street‚ is a US-based international financial services holding company. State Street was founded in 1792 and is the second oldest financial institution in the United States. The company’s headquarters are at One Lincoln Street in Boston and it has offices in 25 countries State Street is organized into three main divisions. The Global Services
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are the main destinations for children under 16‚ who are trafficked to south Asia. GLOBAL SCENARIO: Globally prostitution is legal in Canada‚ France‚ Wales‚ Denmark‚ Holland‚ most of South America‚ including Mexico (often in special zones)‚ Israel‚ Australia‚ and many other countries. It’s either legal or tolerated in most of Asia; Australia has a sex-service company whose stocks are traded on the stock exchange. The report says that although the exact number of working prostitutes in countries
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PARTNERSHIP Partnership is defined as a relation between persons who have agreed to share the profits and losses of a business carried on by all of them or any of them acting for all‚ on a pre agreed profit sharing ratio. The main types of partnerships are general partnership‚ limited partnership and Joint venture. General Partnership is a partnership in which all the partners share equal responsibilities and liabilities in the partnership firm/company. The main characteristic of general partnership
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