Talk:Government-owned corporation
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umm, actually I think this article is wrong. The term "public corporation" is used to mean publically traded company in almost all articles Ive ever read (when they article writer needs to dinstinguish that corperation from a privately owned one)
- yes--this is confusing--I've not heard this used this way, at least not for U.S. companies. And to make matters worse, I got here from a link that indicated it was about municipal corporations like townships anc cities. older≠wiser 01:18, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC)
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- It's even worse than that--this article says A public corporation "stands distinct from a publicly traded company (sometimes known as a public company). However, that article says "Literally a public company is a company owned by the public." Something is very confused here (and I don't think it is only me). older≠wiser
- This is really confusing. It's not a "public company", it's a "government company". - Jerryseinfeld 23:40, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- It's even worse than that--this article says A public corporation "stands distinct from a publicly traded company (sometimes known as a public company). However, that article says "Literally a public company is a company owned by the public." Something is very confused here (and I don't think it is only me). older≠wiser
[edit] I'm moving
This is about government owned businesses and it's moving. - Jerryseinfeld 23:48, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Merger
I am opposed to the merger of Public ownership and Government-owned corporation. A Government-owned corporation is only one of many types of public ownership. Biscuittin 20:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
- Since no discussion since May, I'm removing the flag.--Gregalton 02:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
The terminology in the article appears to be Australian terminology and inapplicable to the larger English speaking world. State-run is preferable in at least the US. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.168.200.170 (talk) 06:07, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] I will be transferring in content from Public benefit corporation
Some New York-based editor apparently didn't realize that "public benefit corporation" in the sense of a government-owned corporation is apparently used that way only in New York and now we have a huge mess in public benefit corporation because most U.S. states use that term for a nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation. Therefore I will be turning public benefit corporation soon into a disambiguation page and moving a lot of content here in a few weeks. Any objections? See also Talk:Public benefit corporation for more info. --Coolcaesar (talk) 07:11, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
- No one has objected. Doing it now. --Coolcaesar (talk) 09:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
