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go public (with something)

1. to sell to the public shares of a privately owned company. (Securities markets.) The company decided not to go public because the economy was so bad at the time. Well go public at a later time.

2. to reveal something to the public. It's too early to go public with the story. Just let me know when we can go public with this press release.

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The family, which still controls the majority of outstanding shares, decided to go public after financial success as a regional Medicaid care provider that had expanded into Utah, Washington and Michigan. Molina's problems blamed on rapid growth, major missteps by Crowe, Deborah / Los Angeles Business Journal China's second-largest life insurer moved to become the country's third significant insurer to go public outside mainland China by applying for a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, government news sources said. China's Ping an life seeks Hong Kong listing by Best's Review Besides a board of directors with outside members, a privately held company should have an audit committee that includes outside directors, especially if it hopes to go public some day in an initial public offering (IPO). Even private company boards of directors are changing by Sinnett, William M. / Financial Executive More results

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The family, which still controls the majority of outstanding shares, decided to go public after financial success as a regional Medicaid care provider that had expanded into Utah, Washington and Michigan.

Molina's problems blamed on rapid growth, major missteps by Crowe, Deborah / Los Angeles Business Journal

China's second-largest life insurer moved to become the country's third significant insurer to go public outside mainland China by applying for a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, government news sources said.

China's Ping an life seeks Hong Kong listing by Best's Review

Besides a board of directors with outside members, a privately held company should have an audit committee that includes outside directors, especially if it hopes to go public some day in an initial public offering (IPO).

Even private company boards of directors are changing by Sinnett, William M. / Financial Executive

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