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'A Company' (or corporation) is a legal entity formed which has a separate legal identity from its members, and is ordinarily incorporated to undertake commercial business. more

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Audi Topic   Zwickau
AUDI AG, (Xetra: NSU), more commonly known as Audi , is a premium German automobile manufacturer and one of the world's leading performance-luxury marque, with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It has been an almost wholly-owned (99.7%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1964, and is held in ownership by its shareholders – hence the term "Aktiengesellschaft" or "AG". The company evolved from VW's takeover of both Auto Union, and NSU, the former having incorporated the historic Audi...
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Apple Inc. Topic Apr 1, 1976 California
Apple Inc. (, , ), formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and closely related software products. Established in Cupertino, California on April 1 1976, Apple develops, sells, and supports a series of personal computer, portable media player, mobile phones, computer software, and computer hardware and hardware accessories. As of September 2007, the company operates about 200 retail stores in five...
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Adventure International   Topic 1978  
Adventure International was a video game publishing company that existed from 1978 until 1985, started by Scott and Alexis Adams. Their games were notable for being the first implementation of the adventure genre to run on a microcomputer system. The adventure game concept originally came from Colossal Cave Adventure which ran strictly on large mainframe systems at the time. After the success of their first game Adventureland, games followed rapidly, with Adventure International (or "AI")...
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AOL Topic 1985  
AOL LLC. (formerly America Online, Inc.) is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner and was headquartered in Loudoun County, Virginia until late April 2008 when it was moved to new offices at 770 Broadway in New York City. It has franchise its services to companies in several nations around the world, or set up international version of its services. AOL is perhaps best known for its online software suite, also called "AOL", that allowed millions of...
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Amway Topic 1959  
Amway is a multi-level marketing, or network marketing company founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos. The company's name is a contraction of "American Way." Based in Ada, Michigan, the company and family of companies under Alticor reported sales of US$7.2 billion for the year ending December 31, 2007, marking the company’s sixth straight year of growth. Its product lines include personal care products, jewelry, electronics, Nutrilite dietary supplements, water purifier, air purifiers,...
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Adobe Systems   Topic Dec 1982 Mountain View
Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee ) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. In 1985, Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution. The company name Adobe comes...
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Atari Part of Atari's original logo Topic 1993  
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. As of 2007, it is owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA).Atari Interactive has in turn licensed the brand name and assets to Atari, Inc. , a 51% majority owned subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA), encompassing its North America operations. The original Atari Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney....
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Ajax Amsterdam Ajax logo Topic    
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax, is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club is historically one of the three clubs that dominate the Dutch national football league (Eredivisie), the other two being Feyenoord and PSV.Ajax is one of the five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup; they won consecutively in 1971-1973. In 1972, they completed The Treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the...
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Aston Martin Aston Martin Logo Topic 1913  
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is an English manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill hillclimbing race near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire From 1994 until 2007 Aston Martin was part of the Premier Automotive Group, a division of the Ford Motor Company. On 12 March 2007, it was purchased for £479 million (US$848 million) by...
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American Airlines   Topic 1930  
American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a US-based airline and the world's largest airline in total passengers-miles transported, passenger fleet size, and the second largest airline in terms of aircraft operated (FedEx Express, a cargo airline has more aircraft) and the second-largest airline company in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues. A wholly owned subsidiary of the AMR Corporation, the airline is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, adjacent to the Dallas-Fort...
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Advanced Micro Devices Amd.jpg Topic 1969  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (abbreviated AMD; ) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processor and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets. Its main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processor and graphics processor for server, workstation and personal computer, and processor technologies for handheld device, digital television and game console. AMD is the second-largest...
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Aon Corp. Aon Logo Topic   Chicago
Aon Corporation is a world leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting.It is based in Chicago, at the Aon Center, the second tallest building in Chicago.It was created in 1982, when the Ryan Insurance Group merged with Combined International Corporation. Combined International Corporation was founded by W. Clement Stone in 1919, and Ryan Insurance Group was founded by Pat Ryan...
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ARY Group   Topic    
The ARY Group is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistan businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). Haji Abdul Razzak is the Chairman of the Group. The ARY Group is into various sectors, which include:
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Arianespace arianespace logo Topic 1980  
As of 2007 Arianespace held more than 50 percent of the world market for boosting satellites to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). More than 240 commercial launches have occurred since May 22, 1984, and Arianespace states that the total number of launch contracts signed since Ariane launches commenced operations in 1984 is 285. Arianespace uses the Centre Spatial Guyanais as a launch site. It has its headquarters in Évry, Essonne, France. Arianespace has 24 shareholders from 10 European...
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Boeing   Topic Jul 15, 1916 Seattle
The Boeing Company (, ) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William E. Boeing. Its international headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Boeing is the largest global aircraft manufacturer by revenue, orders and deliveries, and the second-largest aerospace and defense contractor in the world. Boeing is the largest exporter in the United States. Its stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Boeing was incorporated in Seattle, Washington by...
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BMW BMW Logo Topic Jul 21, 1917 Milbertshofen-Am Hart
(BMW), is an independent German automobile manufacturer. BMW is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-performance and luxury automobile and motorcycles, and is the parent company of the MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands. Beginning with aircraft engines, BMW AG produced a variety of products in its early years, eventually shifting to motorcycle production in 1923 and automobiles in 1928. The circular blue and white BMW logo does not in fact symbolize a spinning propeller according to...
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British Airways Topic 1924  
British Airways plc is the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe. Its main hubs are London Heathrow and London Gatwick. British Airways holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, and is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. British Airways is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The British Airways Group was formed on 1 September 1972 consisting of BOAC...
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Bomis   Topic 1996  
Bomis is a dot-com company founded in 1996. Its primary business is the sale of advertising on the Bomis.com search portal. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and Tim Shell , and provided support for the free encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia. As of 2006, Tim Shell is the CEO of Bomis. On the Bomis.com site, Bomis creates and hosts web ring around popular search terms. The rings are currently categorized broadly as "Babes", "Entertainment", "Sports", "Porn", "Other" and "Science fiction...
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Borland Logo.gif Topic 1983 Cupertino
Borland Software Corporation is a software company headquartered in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn. Borland is best known for its Integrated Development Environment (IDE) business consisting of software development tools, including the award-winning Borland Developer Studio (Delphi, C++Builder, and C#Builder) and JBuilder product lines. In February 2006, Borland announced its intent to divest its IDE business, known as the...
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BBC   Company 1922 London
The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known simply as the BBC, is the world's largest broadcasting corporation. It has 28,500 employees in the United Kingdom alone and an annual budget of more than £4 billion. Founded on 18 October 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd, it was subsequently granted a Royal Charter and made a state-owned corporation in 1927. The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting globally on television, radio, and the...
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British Rail   Topic    
British Railways (BR), which later traded as British Rail, ran most of the British railway system from the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' British railway companies in 1948 until privatisation in stages from 1994 to 1997. This period of nationalisation saw massive changes in the railway network: steam traction was eliminated in favour of diesel and electric power, passengers replaced freight as the main source of business, and the network was severely rationalised. The rail transport system...
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Burroughs A Burroughs Class 1/Model 9 adding machine Topic    
The Burroughs Corporation began in 1886 as the American Arithmometer Company in St. Louis, Missouri selling an adding machine invented by William Seward Burroughs. The company moved to Detroit in 1904 and changed its name to the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, in honor of Burroughs, who died in 1898. Burroughs grew into the biggest adding machine company in America, although by the 1950s it was selling more than the basic adding machines, including typewriters and computers. The Company...
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Bombardier Bombardier CRJ in Air Canada Jazz colours Topic   Valcourt