What AG stands for? Many times I see AG after some companies' name, but I don't know the meaning.
For example, Siemens AG, Swatch AG, Suse Linux AG, etc.
I really spent a lot of google searchs on finding the meaning of AG.
Maybe it's hard to search too short and too common word.
At last, I got it from OnVista.com.
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| AG (abbr. for German Joint Stock Company) |
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AG stands for a German Joint Stock Company, a capital funded company which exists as a legal entity. The shareholders are co-owners of the Share Capital, which has been divided up into shares. The goal of a Joint Stock Company is to accumulate capital for investment and the like by means of share emissions, in order to divide the entrepreneurial risk as much as possible among the shareholders.
| AG (German Joint Stock Company) |
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| The Joint Stock Company is a company whose shareholders, or investors participate in the share capital through share purchases. Investors are liable only up to the amount invested in the company, not for any sums surpassing their investment. |
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