The aim of quotation marks is to emphasize different parts of a text, to signalize direct speech, dialogues or quotations, as well as to set off titles, phrases or just single words. Quotation marks are also called inverted commas, speech marks, or quotes. Quotation marks can be used in two styles; single (â â or ') or double (â â or ), and can also appear in two different typefaces; either as so called dumb or straight quotes (' or ) or as smart quotes (â â or â â).
The five biggest oil companies earned a combined profit of $375 million per day, or a record $137 billion profit for the year, in 2011, despite reducing their oil production. In 60 seconds, these five companies earned $261,000 â more than 96 percent of American households make in one year.
An offshore company may be a reference to: 1  a corporation or (sometimes) other type of legal entity which is incorporated or registered in an offshore financial centre or  tax haven ; or. 2  a company or corporate group (or sometimes a division thereof) which engages in offshoring manufacturing or business services.etailed information in relation to the use of offshore companies is notoriously difficult to come by because of the opaque nature of much of the business (and because, in many cases, the companies are used specifically to preserve the confidentiality of a transaction or individual).