Akkum shmakkum. I am a major shareholder of Loews Corporation and I care about my bottom line. Together with the rest of my Jewish conglomerate, we offer you 51% of a thank you.
The fact is there is a halachic difference between returning too much credit given by a yehudi or by an akum. I wonder where a public corporation falls in this halachic area. If you buy something in Wal-Mart and get back too much change, does the halacha of a yehudi apply or the halacha of an akum? Wal-Mart (like any public corporation) has Jewish shareholders. Does even one Jewish shareholder owning 1/10,000th of 1% of the company put it in the yehudi category? Does it have to be a majority of the shareholders (shares owned)? How does one determine if a specific corporation falls into which category?