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Old 01-17-2012, 03:59 PM  
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Originally Posted by raymor View Post
"Go public" means the stock is publicly traded. The company is still owned by the stockholders, just like your company and mine. Selling stock doesn't mean your company is suddenly owned by the government.
I never said the government owned it.

The stockholders own it and they are the public.
And this type of public ownership is regulated by the government and that's
why "insider trading" is illegal.
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