A dissolved corporation ceases to legally exist and the effect this has on its shareholders depends on how it was dissolved. If the corporation is dissolved voluntarily and its assets distributed to the shareholders without paying all remaining corporate debts, the shareholders could become liable for the debts.
BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company, and Australia's largest company. Computershare is the world's largest and leading provider of investor services. ANZ is a major international banking and financial services group, with credit ratings among the strongest in the Australian and international markets.
Doug McIntyre of 24/7 Wall Street discusses the publicly traded companies with the most employees. Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) is the world's largest publicly traded employer, with approximately 2.2 million employees across the globe, a number greater than the population of cities such as Houston, Philadelphia, and Phoenix. In all, nearly 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide employ at least 175,000 workers each.