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go public

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go public
to become a company in which anyone can invest. It's the latest Internet company to go public and then immediately go bankrupt.
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go public (with something)
to make something known that was secret before. If she goes public with her story, the school's reputation will suffer.
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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.
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.
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).
 
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