Business and Financial News : NPR
In legal parlance, the owners of a company are normally referred to as the “members”. In a company limited or unlimited by shares , this will be the shareholders. In a company limited by guarantee, this will be the guarantors. Some offshore jurisdictions have created special forms of offshore company in a bid to attract Business for their jurisdictions. Examples include “segregated portfolio companies” and restricted purpose companies. Corporations, in contrast with sole proprietors and partnerships, are a separate legal entity and provide limited liability for their owners/members, as well as being subject to …