Public interest

public interest
values generally thought to be shared by the public at large. However, there is no one public interest. Rather, there are many public interests depending upon individual needs.
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Public interest theory
The public interest theory takes the view that regulation should maximize social welfare. This theory suggests that regulation is the result of a public demand for correction of market failures.

Accountants for the Public Interest - API
An organization whose volunteer accountants provide free services to nonprofit organizations, charities and other groups that would otherwise be unable to afford it.

Before making such activities permissible, the Board must determine that performance of the activities by bank holding companies is in the public interest.

Corporate financing committee A committee of the NASD that reviews underwriters' SEC-required documents to ensure that proposed markups are fair and in the public interest.

The Regulation limits the application of mandatory provisions only to these necessary to safeguarding its public interests (Article 9).

Almost all Social-Democratic parties hold that state control of certain sectors of the economy is vital for the general public interest.

A Board of Governors is the collective name given to the individuals who oversee the operation of an institution directly serving the public interest. A Board of Governors serves a function similar to that of a Board of Directors for US corporation.

Government officials, judges and politicians in countries embracing the concept of popular sovereignty are instructed to use the power granted them to make public policy decisions that further some reasonable concept of "the public interest" ...

Public Interest Research Group in June 2004 found that 79% of the consumer credit reports surveyed contained some kind of error or mistake.[9] However, the General Accountability Office released a study disputing US PIRG numbers.

Essentially, the job of a publicist is to increase public interest in his client. However, the type of work a publicist does is dependent upon his client's needs.

In the UK, antitrust policy was long judged according to what policymakers decided was in the public interest. At times this approach was comparatively permissive of mergers and acquisitions; at others it was less so.

Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
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The disclosure of information in the public interest may be prohibited, permitted, or required, by legislation in a variety of contexts.

In the United States a charitable organization is an organization that is organized and operated for purposes that are beneficial to the public interest.

As public interest fades (and it will), the prominent collectibles get treated with a measure of respect, while the lesser items suffer in damp garages or find their way into the trash.

Under provincial securities laws, a securities commission may recognize an SRO if it is satisfied that doing so would be in the public interest.

8 1919 the individual states are obliged to establish settlement associations in the public interest for the creation of small independent settlements.

Adopting the assumption that all individuals, be they voters, politicians, or bureaucrats, are motivated more by self-interest than by public interest evokes a Madisonian perspective on the problems of democratic governance.

Acting as a disciplinary body for accountants, although it only investigates cases of "public interest" referred to it by the accountancy bodies.

Benefits of Mergers
Is a merger in public interest?
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Those industries subject to economic regulation that is intended to protect the public interest (consumers) invariably find it beneficial to exert influence over the regulatory agency.

Public Record Information: Court records of events that are a matter of public interest such as credit, bankruptcy, foreclosure and tax liens. The presence of public record information on a credit report is regarded negatively by creditors.

Such enterprises usually exist in areas of "natural monopoly," where the conditions of the market make unified control necessary or desirable to the public interest.

A business corporation with shares traded among the general public, such as through a stock exchange.
2. Also, an instrumentality of the state, founded and owned by the public interest, supported by public funds, ...

Created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it is a private-sector, nonprofit coporation that oversees auditors of public companies to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, ...

A private-sector, non-profit corporation, created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to oversee the AUDITORs of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, fair, ...

Preliminary prospectus
Prospectus that does not include all the information contained in the final prospectus and is used to assess public interest in the issue while it is being reviewed by the securities commission.

Quota restrictions do not normally apply to foreign goods stored in zones, but the Board can limit or deny zone use in specific cases on public interest grounds.

There are myriad ownership structures from mutuals, industrial and provident societies to provident associations and bodies like the Office of Public Management, which is an employee-owned consultancy with a public interest 'lock' on its activities.

A committee of the NASD that reviews underwriters' SEC-required documents to ensure that proposed markups are fair and in the public interest.
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oral or written arrangements designed to establish a monopoly position, impede competition, fix prices, or prevent entry by potential rivals. Acts in restraint of trade are generally treated by competition policies as inimical to the public interest, ...

preliminary prospectus, so-called because certain information is printed in red ink around the border of the front page. It does not contain all the information found in the final prospectus. Its purpose is to ascertain the extent of public interest ...

Subsidy - Monetary assistance granted by the government to an individual or other entity in support of an activity that is regarded as being in the public interest.

The Federal Reserve Board determines which activities are closely related to banking. Before making such activities permissible, the Board must determine that performance of the activities by bank holding companies is in the public interest.

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