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		<title>Beware of New Business Identity Theft Schemes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by John Morrissey, Sr. Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd. Over the last few years several Secretaries of State, such as Colorado, Massachusetts and Nevada, have issued warnings concerning fraudulent solicitations for annual report filing and meeting minute preparation services. The solicitations are disguised with official looking seals and language to make it appear that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=345&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Formation in Canada – NOT Just Like the U.S.!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teri Mayor, Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd. Americans often think of Canada as not quite a separate country. After all, Canadians speak the same language with almost the same accent, eh? Both countries often celebrate holidays on the same day, many U.S. celebrities originally come from Canada and Canada has a similar form [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=336&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Publication Requirements for Entity Filings &#8211; An Idea Whose Time Has Passed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teri Mayor, Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd.   There are a handful of states which require the publication of notices for certain types of entity filings. Ostensibly, the purpose of these requirements is to protect the community by providing notice of formation of new businesses or changes to existing businesses. Many people in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=301&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid the Scrambling and Close Your Deal on Time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Colleen A. De Vries, Senior Vice President Does this scenario sound at all familiar? Panic is setting in. It is 1 AM two days before the closing and you still don’t have all of the Good Standing Certificates you need. Plus, you just found out today that the Delaware corporation that is merging into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=290&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Nonprofits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ron Barrett, Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd. “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” When Benjamin Franklin wrote this sardonic proverb to Jean-Baptiste Leroy in 1789, tax exemptions were likely few, and he certainly wasn’t talking about tax-exempt charities. Nowadays, the only things more pervasive than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=281&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Types of Corporations in New York: Benefit Corporations and Design Professional Service Corporations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teri Mayor, Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd. The state of New York has recently authorized two new types of corporations with the enactment of Senate Bill 79-A and Senate Bill 2987: Benefit Corporations  In allowing the formation of benefit corporations in Senate Bill 79-A, New York joins California, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, Vermont [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=271&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stricter Requirements in Illinois in 2012 for Authentication of Documents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tony Mackay ,Chicago Branch Manager, National Corporate Research, Ltd. On January 1, 2012, the Illinois Secretary of State began imposing much stricter requirements on documents that are being submitted to its office for authentication. The state has indicated that it expects to reject hundreds of documents in the next few months based on these changes. Many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=257&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Requirements Change for California Statement of Information Filings for Corporations and Limited Liability Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teri Mayor, Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd. California’s Assembly Bill 657 became effective on January 1, 2012, amending sections of the Civil Code, Corporations Code, Financial Code, and the Government Code relating to corporations. There are a number of changes made to the requirements for Corporate Statements of Information, which are filed annually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=248&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Privately Held Companies Affected by International Reporting Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teri Mayor, Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd. Due to increasing globalization of businesses in the U.S. and around the world, more privately held U.S. businesses are expanding internationally. In a press release dated 9/13/2011, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP reported that “the majority (51%) of U.S.private companies surveyed for PwC US’ Private Company Trendsetter Barometer plan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=240&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Types of Corporations in California in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teri Mayor, Vice President, National Corporate Research, Ltd. Effective January 1, 2012, California will be allowing two new types of corporations to exist; the flexible purpose corporation and the benefit corporation. In allowing the formation of benefit corporations, California joins a number of other states in creating this new type of entity. Benefit corporations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalcorp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12095095&amp;post=232&amp;subd=nationalcorp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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