No difference. The terms are synonymous. It implies the opposite of a "private," "not traded," or "family owned," type corporation.
@Bob811 - That is incorrect! A public corporation is government owned whereas a publicly held corporation has shareholders.
By stating something that your not afraid to tell the word. Putting the statement on Facebook/Twitter/YouTube makes it public. For example if you wear a wedding ring that publicly or officially states that you are married.
An IPO is the Initial Public Offering a company makes when first becoming a publicly traded company
fe-tutuvao, tutuvao, (be) made public, publicise, makes common, generalise, publicly, openly
It is difficult to determine exactly how much Bill Gates makes because much of his income is not public domain. For instance, his salary from Microsoft is publicly available because Microsoft is a publicly traded company but any income from his investments, endorsements, etc are not public knowledge.
An IPO is the Initial Public Offering a company makes when first becoming a publicly traded company on a national exchange. The FPO or Follow on Public Offering is the public issue of shares for an already listed company.
Interstate Bakeries Corporation makes Holsum
Interstate Bakeries Corporation makes Butternut
The Hormel Foods Corporation makes SPAM
The Hormel Foods Corporation makes SPAM
The Hormel Foods Corporation makes SPAM
TechSmith Corporation
General Motors Corporation.