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A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and, usually, an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be made to exist in law and then a company is itself considered a "legal person". The name company arose because, at least originally, it represented or was owned by more than one real or legal person.
In the United States, a company is a corporation—or, less commonly, an association, partnership, or union—to carry out an enterprise. Generally, a company may be a "corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, fund, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating agent, for any of the foregoing." It does not include a partnership or any other unincorporated group of persons, although such an entity may be loosely described as a company.
The English word has its origins in the Old French military term ''compaignie'' (first recorded in 1150), meaning a "body of soldiers", originally taken from the Late Latin word ''companio'' "companion, one who eats bread with you", first attested in the Lex Salica as a calque of the Germanic expression *''gahlaibo'' (literally, "with bread"), related to Old High German ''galeipo'' "companion" and Gothic ''gahlaiba'' "messmate". By 1303, the word referred to trade guilds. Usage of company to mean "business association" was first recorded in 1553 and the abbreviation "co." dates from 1769.
In North America, two of the earliest companies were The London Company (also called the Charter of the Virginia Company of London)—an English joint stock company established by royal charter by James I of England on April 10, 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America—and Plymouth Company that was granted an identical charter as part of the Virginia Company. The London Company was responsible for establishing the Jamestown Settlement, the first permanent English settlement in the present United States in 1607, and in the process of sending additional supplies, inadvertently settled the Somers Isles, alias Bermuda, the oldest-remaining English colony, in 1609.
''There are various types of company that can be formed in different jurisdictions, but the most common forms of company (generally formed by registration under applicable companies legislation) are:''
''Less commonly seen types of companies are:''
Note that "Ltd after the company's name signifies limited company, and PLC (public limited company) indicates that its shares are widely held."
In legal parlance, the owners of a company are normally referred to as the "members". In a company limited or unlimited by shares (formed or incorporated with a share capital), 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.
There are however, many, many sub-categories of types of company that can be formed in various jurisdictions in the world.
Companies are also sometimes distinguished for legal and regulatory purposes between public companies and private companies. Public companies are companies whose shares can be publicly traded, often (although not always) on a regulated stock exchange. Private companies do not have publicly traded shares, and often contain restrictions on transfers of shares. In some jurisdictions, private companies have maximum numbers of shareholders.
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| Coordinates | 3°8′51″N101°41′36″N |
|---|---|
| name | Juan Miguel Arroyo |
| Office | Member of the House of Representatives from Ang Galing Pinoy Party-list |
| Term start | June 30, 2010 |
| office2 | Member of the House of Representatives from Pampanga's 2nd district |
| term start2 | June 30, 2004 |
| term end2 | June 30, 2010 |
| predecessor2 | Zenaida Cruz-Ducut |
| successor2 | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| birth date | April 26, 1969 |
| birth place | Manila, Philippines |
| spouse | Ma. Angela Montenegro |
| party | Lakas Kampi CMD Ang Galing Pinoy (Party-list) |
| relations | Jose Miguel Arroyo (father) Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (mother) Luli Arroyo-Bernas (sister) Dato Arroyo (brother) |
| residence | Lubao, Pampanga Quezon City |
| occupation | Actor, Politician |
| religion | Roman Catholic |
| footnotes | }} |
Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, known as Mikey Arroyo (born on April 26, 1969 in Manila) is a Filipino actor and the representative of the party-list group Ang Galing Pinoy. He was the former congressman from second district of Pampanga from 2004 to 2010. He is the eldest son of the three children of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and former President of the Philippines and current congresswoman from second district of Pampanga Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Nearly two years later, the Bureau of Internal Revenue filed tax evasion charges against Arroyo and his wife Angela for not filing income tax returns for the years 2005, 2008 and 2009. BIR Chief Kim Jacinto-Henares mentioned that based on the documents her agency had obtained, the couple owes the government P73.85 million in unpaid taxes. Arroyo lawyer Ruy Rondain questioned the timing of the filing of these charges.
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