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Contents 1 Advantages? 2 Article name change 3 Linking doesn't work 4 ptd ltd? 5 Merge 6 privately held company versus subsidiary

[edit] Advantages?

the advantages of changing from a partnership to a proprietary company?

[edit] Article name change

The correct punctuation for the name of this article is "Privately held company". It is incorrect to use a hyphen after a -ly adverb. I tried to move the article to the correct name, but was unable to because of a previous article at that name. Any suggestions? SDC 02:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linking doesn't work

The 'Swagelok' link redirects to something about metal. Daily Rubbings 15:31, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ptd ltd?

I have seen the abbreviation Ptd Ltd, and it seems to be particularly common in Australia, but I can't find an explanation anywhere. It is clear from context that it refers to a private company, but the details escape me. --Slashme (talk) 06:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Suggesting merging Privately-owned enterprise into Privately held company, as they cover the same concept. Thoughts? SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:20, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

This is all very confused. They are confucstin privately owned with privately held. A private company can be either privately held (also called close) or publicly traded. Privately held means owned by a few people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gadickson2002 (talk • contribs) 22:09, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] privately held company versus subsidiary

What is the difference between being private and being a subsidiary? In my mind, a subsidiary essentially would have the same ownership as the parent. For example, the US Post office is not a privately held company, but rather a subsidiary of the US Governement and thus publicly held. Likewise, Opel is a subsidary of the privately held GM, but Opel itself is not independently privately held. Thoughts? Farmerpete (talk) 09:57, 13 November 2009 (UTC)Farmerpete