Verizon (ticker symbol: VZ) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Verizon (ticker symbol: VZC) also maintains a standard listing on the London Stock Exchange. The historical stock price graph is available on tablet and PC.
Definition: A publicly held company is a stock corporation in which the shares of stock are available to the public.
For this reason, we say that it is a government-sponsored corporation. Government-sponsored corporations are not owned by the government but they are partially funded by the government and as a result can be regulated by the government.overnment-Acquired Corporations. Sometimes the government can acquire a corporation that it did not commission or start. Perhaps the corporation has become delinquent on taxes, allowing the government to takeover the corporation.