Digital BW, The Print

B. Campbell wrote:

>
>You (and perhaps he) misunderstand what he will find in his search, if he
>finds anything. He's searching the Secretary of State records of what he
>thinks is a corporation that he thinks is organized in Vermont 
>
correct

>(just because
>Cone does business in Vermont doesn't mean his company is necessarily
>incorporated there, even assuming it's incorporated at all, but that's
>another question).
>
again correct, which is why I have asked Jon that very question... Is it 
a corporation and if not registered in Vermont.. Where?

> The corporate records maintained by a Secretary of State
>will tell very little about the details of a corporation's business and
>nothing at all about about its "health." 
>
Agreed again..

>  The records that a Secretary of
>State maintains usually include the corporation's charter and its annual
>report. These things typically give very basic information such as the names
>of the corporation's officers and directors, the number of shares of stock
>authorized and issued, and whether the corporation is in good standing in
>the state (which means nothing more than that the required annual filing
>fees have been paid) and a few other things like that. Details vary from
>state to state but I've never done a Secretary of State search (and I've
>done hundreds) that would reveal anything about "the health of a business"
>or anything else that would be of interest (beyond idle curiosity) to
>someone whose only connection with the business is the purchase of its
>products.
>  
>
Agreed, but to even begin the process of inquiry into a company's health 
one basic piece of information is where is is chartered or domiciled.. 
Definitely one needs to know if it is even a company...

Depending on the answers to these preliminary questions, I may have 
others.  But, no journalist shows their hand ahead of time.  ;-)
Keith

 
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