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by Answers101 on March 4th, 2006

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What are the differences between sole proprietorships, corporations, publicly-traded and privately-held companies?

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  • by Hellsbell on February 14th, 2007

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    Sole proprietorship means you own the company. Corporations are owned by stockholders. Publicly traded means anyone with the money to do so can buy stock in the company. Privately-held means the stock is owned by a family or small group of investors and not sold to the public.

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