Stockholders
Yes
preferred stockIt is common stock not preferred stock
NONE!
If they hire them.
corporation
A corporation is an artificial person, legally independent of its owners and/or operators. The owners of a corporation are its shareholders.A business that is not a corporation legally is just its owners and operators, usually in the form of a sole proprietorship or a partnership.If someone sues a corporation that is as far as it can go, they cannot sue either the owners or operators.If someone sues a business that is not a corporation they are automatically suing all the owners and operators.There are now also other options that limit the ability to sue the owners and operators, but are not corporations (e.g. LLC or LLP).
corporation
Corporation
A business with many owners with each owning shares of the firm is called a corporation. Corporations can be a profit or not for profit business.
Businesses operate to make money. A business can be a proprietorship, partnership or a corporation. The structure of the business is determined by the owners.
no
Sole proprietors get to make all of the business decisions themselves.
Sole proprietors get to make all of the business decisions themselves.
Typically, the owners of a corporation are the stockholders.
Yes, it is a noun. A corporation is a business that has been incorporated or "given a body" (made into a separate legal entity from its owners); a word for a thing.
The owners of a corporation are called the CEO.