Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about insurance, investing, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina ...

If you’re thinking about launching a business in the new year, you’re in good company. LLC formations continue to rise as entrepreneurs look for flexible, low-maintenance ways to protect their ...

A corporation isn't required to have a full team of c-suite executives and large, formal shareholder meetings. It is possible to be the sole shareholder, director and officer for your corporation.

It can be surprisingly easy to set up a limited liability company, or LLC, if you’re looking to use the legal structure to make investments. And that’s what a few enterprising individuals are doing to ...

LLC naming rules in Washington, D.C. specify that the name must include 'Limited Liability Company,' 'LLC' or 'L.L.C.' within it. Certain terms are off-limits, especially those that may give the ...