There is some overlap between stock/non-stock and for profit/not-for-profit in that not-for-profit corporations are always non-stock as well. A for profit corporation is almost always a stock corporation, but some for profit corporations may choose to be non-stock.n British English and in the Commonwealth countries, the term company is more widely used to describe the same sort of entity while the word corporation encompasses all incorporated entities.
Richard G. Drew invented double-sided tape while working for the 3M company.
Rosalind Franklin discovered that DNA has the shape of a double  helix by using x-ray technology. However, two scientists got the  credit for discovering the double helix shâ¦ape of DNA, James Watson  and Francis Crick. Watson and Crick get the credit for discovering  the double helix shape because Rosalind Franklin died in 1958, and  the first Nobel prize for discovery wasn't awarded until 1962.