BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Body Corporate
- an association, such as a company or institution, that is legally authorized to act as if it were one person
Additional Resources
- Greasing up the body corporate.
- Jan 17, 2003 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) The royal commission into the collapse of HIH has revealed some new values in corporate Australia. Accounting and financial reporting standards have certainly changed. Creativity is now a much more important attribute. There is...
- Research articles 2003-01-18
- Corporate Profile for ABRA Auto Body & Glass, dated July 2, 1999
- --BUSINESS WIRE-- The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0- Published Date: July 2, 1999...
- Research articles 1999-07-02
- EDO Corporation Corporate Governance Guidelines
- The corporate governance guidelines of EDO Corporation include the role and composition of the Board of Directors. Except for those matters reserved for decision by the Company's shareholders, the Board of Directors is the ultimate decision-making body of the Company. A majority of the Board members must be Independent Directors....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Factors Affecting The Valuation Of Corporate Bonds
- An important body of literature in Financial Economics accepts bond ratings as a sufficient metric for determining homogeneous groups of bonds for estimating either risk-neutral probabilities or spot rate curves for valuing corporate bonds. This paper examine Moodys and Standard & Poors ratings of corporate bonds and show they are...
- White papers 2002-02-03
- Corporate Governance Guidelines-FIRST DATA
- The Board of Directors, which is elected by the shareholders, is the ultimate decision-making body of First Data, except with respect to matters reserved to the shareholders. The primary function of the Board of Directors is therefore oversight - defining and enforcing standards of accountability that enable executive management to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Corporate Strategies for Managing Environmental Risk
- For at least two decades, in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez and Bhopal disasters, corporations have been facing mounting external and internal pressure to manage environmental resources and risks effectively. To address the queries and concerns of managers, corporate boards and other stakeholders, codified management, audit and reporting schemes...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Corporate responsibility in emerging markets.
- This paper investigates the extent of corporate responsibility or CR uptake in leading emerging markets, and compares this with the situation in developed economies. It analyses a number of generic indicators including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index DJSI, the Global Reporting Initiative GRI and ISO 14001....
- Research articles 2006-12-22
- GSM ASSOCIATION: GSM Association refines name & corporate identity.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 December 1998-GSM ASSOCIATION: GSM Association refines name & corporate identity C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:301198 -- Modified name reflects changing times for global GSM body The industry organisation which represents the world's GSM network operators, regulators and...
- Research articles 1998-12-01
- STUDIES LINK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES TO STOCK PRICES
- There has been much recent talk about the costs behind implementing the kinds of corporate governance practices recommended by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and many of the stock exchanges. But there is also a growing body of evidence that good corporate governance measures are linked to stock performance and shareholder value....
- Research articles 2003-12-22
- Studies Link Good Corporate Governance Practices to Higher Stock Prices
- There has been much recent talk about the costs behind implementing the kinds of corporate governance practices recommended by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and many of the stock exchanges. But there is also a growing body of evidence that good corporate governance measures are linked to stock performance and shareholder value.A...
- Research articles 2004-02-01
- New accountability for corporate audit committees: regulators put the burden of improved external audits on corporate directors
- The responsibilities of corporate audit committees are increasing in both number and complexity. This trend was well under way prior to the Enron debacle and will likely continue because of it. Today's audit committees must meet strict criteria and adhere to rigid rules established by the Securities & Exchange...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- Governance body lashes ASX over clampdown.
- Aug 02, 2002 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- A plan by the Australian Stock Exchange ASX to set up a corporate governance council has been criticised. The director of Corporate Governance International, Sandy Easterbrook, likened the move to allowing students to set and...
- Research articles 2002-08-02
- McCormick to Amend Policy Regarding Corporate Aircraft Travel
- SPARKS, Md. -- On April 1, 2009, McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) will amend its policy regarding the personal use of corporate aircraft to ...
- Research articles 2009-03-10
- Rising lay-offs in corporate America, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 02-02-2001 NEW YORK, Thurs: The body count is increasing as more employers announced job cuts across America, the latest being by discount broker Charles Schwab. Schwab yesterday asked non-essential employees to tak Business Times...
- Research articles 2001-02-02
- A more competitive corporate tax in Biscay.
- Byline: Castor Garate Jun 29, 2007 (International Tax Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The European Court of Justice ECJ has confirmed the status of Biscay as an infra-state body. Such a body has a political and financial status separate from the central government....
- Research articles 2007-06-29
- Implicit Knowledge Management: The New Frontier of Corporate Capability
- Knowledge management was thrust from the world of academia into the corporate business strategy and IT platform. Fundamental to this movement was the realization that knowledge existed in two basic forms: explicit knowledge, which is easily codified, and shared asynchronously; and tacit knowledge, which is experiential, intuitive, and best communicated...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- TUV Product Service, Britain, has supplied EMC testing, consultancy, and certification services to English, Welsh and Scottish Railway for a company train that will be used for a variety of EWS corporate functions including customer and charity events, s
- TUV Product Service, Britain, has supplied EMC testing, consultancy, and certification services to English, Welsh and Scottish Railway EWS for a company train that will be used for a variety of EWS corporate functions including customer and charity events, site visits, and management meetings. Photo shows TUV Product Service technical...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Short Takes.(Briefs)(Research Credit Group changed name to Tax Projects Group)(Body Technic Systems Inc.'s new sports medicine and performance clinic)(U.S. Small Business Administration's report on growth and decline of a small business )
- * NEW NAME, SPACE, STAFF: Research Credit Group has changed its name and moved into an office seven times larger than its previous space. The firm, an adviser on tax credits, has relocated to a 3,500-square-foot office at 1295 Corporate Drive in Huds * NEW NAME,...
- Research articles 2006-12-11
- COMPANY RORTS AKIN TO WHITE COLLAR CRIME:AUST TRADE UNIONS BODY.
- CANBERRA, July 8 Asia Pulse - Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU secretary Greg Combet said today corporate rorts were akin to white collar crime and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC was right to advocate criminal san CANBERRA, July 8 Asia Pulse -...
- Research articles 2002-07-08
- Corporate social responsibility home and away.
- Byline: Serena Lillywhite Jun 13, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The OECD has prepared its "Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises", which can be applied to corporate social responsibility. The latter issue is prominent in Australia, a member of the international body, and...
- Research articles 2007-06-13
