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publicly owned company vs government body

German translation: börsennotiertes Unternehmen / Regierungsorgan, Staatsorgan


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12:23 Oct 3, 2005
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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: publicly owned company vs government body
Both are possible answers in a questionnaire (Question: who do you work for?). Both are somehow "staatlich", but what is the difference?
Sonja Allen
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:33
German translation:börsennotiertes Unternehmen / Regierungsorgan, Staatsorgan
Explanation:
publicly owned heißt ja nur, dass die Anteile/Aktien öffentlich (an Börsen) notiert und gehandelt werden (im Gegensatz zur privately owned company). Eine publicly owned company ist normalerweise weit von jedem staatlichen Geruch entfernt.
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4 +4börsennotiertes Unternehmen / Regierungsorgan, Staatsorgan
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4staatseigenes Unternehmen / BehördeBrigitteHilgner


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börsennotiertes Unternehmen / Regierungsorgan, Staatsorgan


Explanation:
publicly owned heißt ja nur, dass die Anteile/Aktien öffentlich (an Börsen) notiert und gehandelt werden (im Gegensatz zur privately owned company). Eine publicly owned company ist normalerweise weit von jedem staatlichen Geruch entfernt.

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agree  anisco
26 mins
agree  EdithK
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agree  Olaf Reibedanz
47 mins
agree  jccantrell: yes, publicly held means that the public can own parts of it. As opposed to privately held companies. Then you can also have non-profit companies and, of course, the gummint.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
staatseigenes Unternehmen / Behörde


Explanation:
In some countries, governments own (partly/fully) certain companies, i.e. "publicly owned companies". Prime examples were mail and telecom companies (it has changed a lot over recent years), but shares in iron/steel companies or coal mining were also popular in the past. The state of Northrhine-Westphalia in Germany still holds a 20% share in VW ...

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
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