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holding company: see corporation corporation, in law, organization enjoying legal personality for the purpose of carrying on certain activities. Most corporations are businesses for profit; they are usually organized by three or more subscribers who raise capital for the corporate activities by ..... Click the link for more information. . holding companyCorporation that owns enough voting stock in one or more other companies to exercise control over them. A holding company provides a means of concentrating control of several companies with a minimum of investment; other means of gaining control, such as mergers or consolidations, are more complicated legally and more expensive. A holding company can reap the benefits of a subsidiary's goodwill and reputation while limiting its liability to the proportion of the subsidiary's stock that it owns. The parent company in a conglomerate corporation is usually a holding company. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Language was inserted in the early versions of the correcting legislation expanding the IRA-related provisions to depository holding companies by amending Secs. Assets at reporting bank holding companies rose $234. The select number of property/casualty insurers that have shed their mutual status to form mutual holding companies say it's a decision they don't regret. |
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