Public Company

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A technical identifier, unique in a certain context. Technical key	LF154
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Public Company (en)
Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name	Pub.Co. (en)
Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	A company that is owned by shareholders and whose shares are publicly traded on a stock exchange or other securities market. Public companies allow for broad ownership by the general public, as their shares can be bought and sold by investors. They have legal and financial reporting requirements, and their governance is subject to regulatory oversight to protect the interests of shareholders and the public.