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He’s a businessman. I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.
Mario Puzo, The Godfather
A corporation is just like any natural person, except that it
has no pants to kick or soul to damn, and by God, it ought
to have both.
Anonymous
There are millions of businesses operating in America today.
Some are fronts for criminals or money launderers, needing
some pants to kick. Others are ne, upstanding organizations,
chock full of useful information for the nancial investigator.
Some businesses are owned by one person, whereas others
have literally hundreds of thousands of owners.
Why do we need to know about business organization and
operation? Because ...