At the annual meeting, the shareholders can come and elect a board and the board then is in charge of the company.

在年会上,股东会聚集起来,选出董事会来管理公司

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The theory is that the shareholders are in control because they elect the board and the board hires the president and it's democratic.

之所以理论上说股东是掌控者,是因为他们选出董事会,董事会选出总裁,这是个民主的过程

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Non-profit corporations will also have a board of directors but they will not have any shareholders.

非盈利组织也有董事会,但没有股东

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It has a board that runs it, but the board is not liable to shareholder vote.

董事会管理它,但董事会不是由股东选出的

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Well, the company--the board of directors-- decides if and when to pay dividends to the shareholders and then the law of the state would say that they must treat them all equally.

公司,董事会,会决定何时向股东支付股利,州法规定,股东利益均等

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