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fiktivna kompanija

English translation: shell company

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Serbo-Croat term or phrase:fiktivna kompanija
English translation:shell company
Entered by: Mirjana Gacanovic

17:00 Jul 30, 2007
Serbo-Croat to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
Serbo-Croat term or phrase: fiktivna kompanija
..kompanija koja obicno postoji formalno na papiru (obicno neki osnivacki dokument) a koja nema stvarni objekat ili znacajnu imovinu ili poslovanje..
Mirjana Gacanovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 22:33
shell company
Explanation:
1. A company which exists in name only and which has ceased to trade. Shell companies are at their most interesting when they are listed on a stock exchange, because they provide a cheap way for another company to acquire a listing by 'reversing' into the shell. Rumours perpetually surround listed shells, and their share prices can be quite volatile as investors get excited at the prospect of a reversal.
http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/shell-company.htm?id=1...

2. A shell company can also mean a company that has never had a business (and certainly not a listing). In this context it often means what is also called a shelf company. These are incorporated purely to sell off-the-shelf. This offers a convenient alternative to setting up a company from scratch (the name of the company can be changed, new directors appointed, and possibly shares issued). http://moneyterms.co.uk/shell-company/

3. Finally, the phrase is also used to describe companies that exist merely as a front for a person or organisation that wishes to hide its identity. http://moneyterms.co.uk/shell-company/


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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-07-31 05:56:14 GMT)
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O legalno/ilegalnim aspektima vidite na:
http://www.fincen.gov/AdvisoryOnShells_FINAL.pdf
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mita
Local time: 22:33
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2fictitious company
miro_s (X)
5dummy concern/company
Zlatomir Zivkovic
4shell company
mita


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fictitious company


Explanation:
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miro_s (X)
Serbia
Local time: 22:33
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mihailolja
2 hrs
agree  CroAnglo: Mislim da 'dummy company' ima negativnu konotaciju, da se radi o necemu ilegalnom...
4 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
dummy concern/company


Explanation:
5. imitation: an imitation of something, especially one lacking a feature or function of the original and deceivingly substituted for it
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Zlatomir Zivkovic
Local time: 22:33
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
shell company


Explanation:
1. A company which exists in name only and which has ceased to trade. Shell companies are at their most interesting when they are listed on a stock exchange, because they provide a cheap way for another company to acquire a listing by 'reversing' into the shell. Rumours perpetually surround listed shells, and their share prices can be quite volatile as investors get excited at the prospect of a reversal.
http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/shell-company.htm?id=1...

2. A shell company can also mean a company that has never had a business (and certainly not a listing). In this context it often means what is also called a shelf company. These are incorporated purely to sell off-the-shelf. This offers a convenient alternative to setting up a company from scratch (the name of the company can be changed, new directors appointed, and possibly shares issued). http://moneyterms.co.uk/shell-company/

3. Finally, the phrase is also used to describe companies that exist merely as a front for a person or organisation that wishes to hide its identity. http://moneyterms.co.uk/shell-company/


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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-07-31 05:56:14 GMT)
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O legalno/ilegalnim aspektima vidite na:
http://www.fincen.gov/AdvisoryOnShells_FINAL.pdf

Example sentence(s):
  • Shell company schemes use a fake entity established by a dishonest employee to bill a company for goods or services it does not receive. The employee converts the payment to his or her own benefit.

    Reference: http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/shell-company.htm?id=1...
    Reference: http://www.aicpa.org/PUBS/jofa/jul2002/wells.htm
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