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Index Conglomerate (company)

A conglomerate is a type of multi-industry company that consists of several different and unrelated business entities that operate in various industries under one corporate group.[1]

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  1. 200 relations: ABS-CBN Corporation, Accretion (finance), Adamjee Group, Adani Group, Aditya Birla Group, Alphabet Inc., Altria, American Broadcasting Company, American Sociological Review, Andrade Gutierrez, AOL, Arms industry, Associate company, Ayala Corporation, Ayala Land, Ayala Malls, Bajaj Group, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Bargaining power, Beijing Enterprises, Berkshire Hathaway, Bharti Enterprises, Big Tech, Billboard, Bond (finance), Brand management, Bureaucracy, BYD Auto, Cable television, Capital market, Cathay Pacific, Chaebol, China International Marine Containers, China Merchants Bank, China Poly Group, Civilian-run enterprise, CK Hutchison Holdings, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Competition law, Concern (business), Conglomerate discount, Consolidation (business), Consumer electronics, Convertible bond, Core competency, Corporate group, Corporate spin-off, Crony capitalism, Dawood Hercules Corporation, ... Expand index (150 more) »

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ABS-CBN Corporation

ABS-CBN Corporation (also known alternatively and secondarily since August 2007, and formerly primarily from February 1, 1967 to September 23, 1972 and September 14, 1986 to August 2007 as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation) is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Accretion (finance)

In finance, the term accretion refers to a positive change in value following a transaction; it is applied in several contexts.

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Adamjee Group

Adamjee Group of Companies is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Adani Group

Adani Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Ahmedabad.

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Aditya Birla Group

Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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Alphabet Inc.

Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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Altria

Altria Group, Inc. (previously known as Philip Morris Companies, Inc.) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and medical products in the treatment of illnesses caused by tobacco.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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American Sociological Review

The American Sociological Review is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology.

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Andrade Gutierrez

Andrade Gutierrez is a Brazilian private multinational conglomerate headquartered in Belo Horizonte.

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AOL

AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET.

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Arms industry

The arms industry, also known as the defence (or defense) industry, military industry, or the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology.

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Associate company

An associate company (or associate) in accounting and business valuation is a company in which another company owns a significant portion of voting shares, usually 20–50%.

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Ayala Corporation

Ayala Corporation (Spanish: Corporación Ayala, formerly Ayala y Compañía (Ayala & Company)) is the publicly listed holding company for the diversified interests of the Ayala Group.

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Ayala Land

Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) is a real estate firm based in the Philippines.

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Ayala Malls

Ayala Malls is a retail subsidiary of real estate company Ayala Land, an affiliate of Ayala Corporation.

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Bajaj Group

Bajaj Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate founded by Jamnalal Bajaj in Mumbai in 1926.

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Bank of the Philippine Islands

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (Bangko ng Kapuluang Pilipinas; Banco de las Islas Filipinas, commonly known as BPI) is a universal bank in the Philippines.

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Bargaining power

Bargaining power is the relative ability of parties in an argumentative situation (such as bargaining, contract writing, or making an agreement) to exert influence over each other in order to achieve favourable terms in an agreement.

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Beijing Enterprises

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited was formed upon eight units of assets (i.e. Yanjing Beer, Sanyuan Foods, Beijing Western Style Food, Beijing Airport Expressway, Badaling Tourism, Wangfujing Department Store, Jianguo Hotel, Beijing International Switching System) in Beijing, China.

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Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Bharti Enterprises

Bharti Enterprises Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Delhi.

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Big Tech

Big Tech, also known as the Tech Giants or Tech Titans, are the largest IT companies in the world.

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Billboard

A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads.

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Bond (finance)

In finance, a bond is a type of security under which the issuer (debtor) owes the holder (creditor) a debt, and is obliged – depending on the terms – to provide cash flow to the creditor (e.g. repay the principal (i.e. amount borrowed) of the bond at the maturity date as well as interest (called the coupon) over a specified amount of time).

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Brand management

In marketing, brand management begins with an analysis on how a brand is currently perceived in the market, proceeds to planning how the brand should be perceived if it is to achieve its objectives and continues with ensuring that the brand is perceived as planned and secures its objectives.

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Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is a system of organization where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials.

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BYD Auto

BYD Auto Co., Ltd. is the main automotive subsidiary and brand of BYD Company, a publicly listed Chinese multinational manufacturing company.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.

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Capital market

A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold, in contrast to a money market where short-term debt is bought and sold.

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Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific (CPA) is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport.

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Chaebol

A chaebol is a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family.

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China International Marine Containers

China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd (CIMC) is a Chinese company principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of transportation equipment, such as containers, road transport vehicles and airport ground-handling equipment.

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China Merchants Bank

China Merchants Bank (CMB) is a Chinese bank headquartered in Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

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China Poly Group

China Poly Group Corporation is a state owned Chinese business group among 102 central state owned enterprises under the supervision of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC).

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Civilian-run enterprise

Civilian-run enterprise is a type of company or enterprise to describe a non-state-owned enterprise (state-owned enterprise including companies owned by the state, the central and regional government) in the People's Republic of China. Conglomerate (company) and Civilian-run enterprise are types of business entity.

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CK Hutchison Holdings

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong based and Cayman Islands-registered multinational conglomerate corporation.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.

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Comcast

Comcast Corporation (simply known as Comcast, and formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation.

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Competition law

Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies.

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Concern (business)

A concern (Konzern) is a type of business group common in Europe, particularly in Germany.

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Conglomerate discount

Conglomerate discount is an economic concept describing a situation when the market values a diversified group of businesses and assets at less than the sum of its parts.

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Consolidation (business)

In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones.

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Consumer electronics

Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.

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Convertible bond

In finance, a convertible bond, convertible note, or convertible debt (or a convertible debenture if it has a maturity of greater than 10 years) is a type of bond that the holder can convert into a specified number of shares of common stock in the issuing company or cash of equal value.

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Core competency

A core competency is a concept in management theory introduced by C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel.

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Corporate group

A corporate group, company group or business group, also formally known as a group of companies, is a collection of parent and subsidiary corporations that function as a single economic entity through a common source of control.

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Corporate spin-off

A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst or hive-off, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business or creates a second incarnation, even if the first is still active. Conglomerate (company) and corporate spin-off are types of business entity.

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Crony capitalism

Crony capitalism, sometimes also called simply cronyism, is a pejorative term used in political discourse to describe a situation in which businesses profit from a close relationship with state power, either through an anti-competitive regulatory environment, direct government largesse, and/or corruption.

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Dawood Hercules Corporation

Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited (داؤد ہرکولیس کارپوریشن, DH Corp.) is a Pakistani publicly listed investment and holding company headquartered in Karachi.

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Debenture

In corporate finance, a debenture is a medium- to long-term debt instrument used by large companies to borrow money, at a fixed rate of interest.

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DFI Retail Group

DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (formerly known as Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited) is a Hong Kong-based retail company with legal bases in Bermuda and Singapore.

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Diversification (marketing strategy)

Diversification is a corporate strategy to enter into or start new products or product lines, new services or new markets, involving substantially different skills, technology and knowledge.

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Earnings per share (EPS) is the monetary value of earnings per outstanding share of common stock for a company.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean.

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Economic bubble

An economic bubble (also called a speculative bubble or a financial bubble) is a period when current asset prices greatly exceed their intrinsic valuation, being the valuation that the underlying long-term fundamentals justify.

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Economies of scale

In microeconomics, economies of scale are the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, and are typically measured by the amount of output produced per unit of time.

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Emami

Emami Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Energy industry

The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution.

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Essar Group

Essar Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, founded by Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia in 1969.

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Fad

A fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for a short time period.

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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.

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Finance

Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets.

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Financial services

Financial services are economic services tied to finance provided by financial institutions.

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Fletcher Building

Fletcher Building Limited is one of the largest listed companies in New Zealand, with a market capitalisation of nearly NZ$4 billion.

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Fletcher Challenge

Fletcher Challenge was a multinational corporation from New Zealand.

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Fosun International

Fosun International Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate holding company.

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General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.

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Globe Telecom

Globe Telecom, Inc., commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines.

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GMA Network (company)

GMA Network Inc., commonly known as GMA, is a Philippine media company based in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

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Grand Central Publishing

Grand Central Publishing is a book publishing imprint of Hachette Book Group, originally established in 1970 as Warner Books when Kinney National Company acquired the Paperback Library.

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Greater China

"Greater China" is an ethno-linguistic term describing a geographical area sharing cultural and economic ties with the Chinese people.

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Gulf and Western Industries

Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. (stylized as Gulf+Western) was an American conglomerate.

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Heidelberg Materials UK

Heidelberg Materials UK is a British-based building materials company, headquartered in Maidenhead.

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Holding company

A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. Conglomerate (company) and holding company are types of business entity.

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Hongkong Land

Hongkong Land (HKL) is a property investment, management and development group with commercial and residential property interests across Asia.

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House of Habib

The House of Habib is a Pakistani conglomerate company based in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Huawei

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in Bantian, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group.

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Hugo Stinnes

Hugo Adolf Eugen Victor Stinnes commonly known as Hugo Stinnes (12 February 1870 – 10 April 1924) was a German industrialist and politician who served as member of Reichstag from 1920 to 1924 (his death).

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Hutchison Whampoa

Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) was an investment holding company based in Hong Kong.

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Hyundai Motor Group

The Hyundai Motor Group (HMG;; stylized as HYUNDAI) is a South Korean chaebol (loosely similar to a multinational conglomerate but without a central holding company or ownership structure) headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

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Index fund

An index fund (also index tracker) is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to follow certain preset rules so that it can replicate the performance ("track") of a specified basket of underlying investments.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Itaúsa

Itaúsa is a Brazilian multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

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ITC Limited

ITC Limited is an Indian conglomerate company, headquartered in Kolkata.

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ITT Inc.

ITT Inc., formerly ITT Corporation, is an American worldwide manufacturing company based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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ITT: The Management of Opportunity

ITT: The Management of Opportunity is a non-fiction book about ITT Corporation by American business writer and historian Robert Sobel.

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J&F Investimentos

J&F Investimentos SA is a private investment holding company that was founded in 1953 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jardine Lloyd Thompson

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, also known as JLT Group or simply JLT, was a British multinational corporation that had its headquarters in London, England.

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Jardine Matheson

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (also known as Jardines) is a Hong Kong-based, Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate.

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JG Summit Holdings

JG Summit Holdings, Inc.

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Joint venture

A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Conglomerate (company) and joint venture are types of business entity.

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JXD

JinXing Digital CO.Ltd or Jianghang Digital (commonly referred to as JXD) is a Chinese manufacturer of consumer electronics based in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

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Keiretsu

A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings that dominated the Japanese economy in the second half of the 20th century.

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Kirloskar Group

Kirloskar Group is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Pune and manufacturing plant in Kirloskarvadi.

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Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (doing business as Kraft Foods Group) was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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Lakson Group

The Lakson Group (لیکسن گروپ) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh.

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Larsen & Toubro

Larsen & Toubro Limited, abbreviated as L&T, is an Indian multinational conglomerate, with interests in industrial technology, heavy industry, engineering, construction, manufacturing, power, information technology, military and financial services.

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Layoff

A layoff or downsizing is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing (reducing the size of) an organization.

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Legend Holdings

Legend Holdings Corporation is a Chinese investment holding company with interests in finance, real estate, and information technology, and the controlling shareholder of its better-known associate company, the Lenovo Group.

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Leveraged buyout

A leveraged buyout (LBO) is one company's acquisition of another company using a significant amount of borrowed money (leverage) to meet the cost of acquisition.

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LG

LG Corporation (or LG Group), formerly known as Lucky-Goldstar, is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family.

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List of conglomerates

A conglomerate is a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Conglomerate (company) and List of conglomerates are conglomerate companies.

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A business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per corporate law in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities allowable. Conglomerate (company) and List of legal entity types by country are types of business entity.

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Litton Industries

Litton Industries, Inc., was an American defense contractor that specialized in shipbuilding, aerospace, electronic components, and information technology.

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Live Nation Entertainment

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is an American multinational entertainment company that was founded in 2010 following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

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Lopez Holdings Corporation

Lopez Holdings Corporation (formerly primarily as Benpres Holdings Corporation from June 8, 1993 to July 21, 2010 and secondarily from July 21, 2010 to 2019, and also known as Lopez, Inc.) is a Filipino conglomerate founded by the brothers Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez, Sr. It has substantial holdings in the public service and utilities sector in the Philippines and serves as the Lopez family's publicly listed holding company for investments in major development sectors such as broadcasting and cable; telecommunications; power generation and distribution; manufacturing; and property development.

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Mahindra Group

Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai.

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Mainland China

Mainland China is the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.

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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Limited is a multinational hospitality and management group focusing on luxury hotels, resorts, and residences, with a total of 34 properties worldwide, 20 of which it wholly or partially owns.

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.

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Market anomaly

A market anomaly in a financial market is predictability that seems to be inconsistent with (typically risk-based) theories of asset prices.

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Market trend

A market trend is a perceived tendency of the financial markets to move in a particular direction over time.

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In communication, media are the outlets or tools used to store and deliver content; semantic information or subject matter of which the media contains.

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A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, theme parks, or the Internet. Conglomerate (company) and media conglomerate are types of business entity.

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MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong.

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Meizu

Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer based in Zhuhai, Guangdong.

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Mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization.

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Metro Pacific Investments

Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is a Philippine-based unit investment holding company of First Pacific Company Limited through Metro Pacific Holdings, Inc.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.

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Mitsubishi

The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.

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Mitsui

is a Japanese corporate group and keiretsu that traces its roots to the zaibatsu groups that were dissolved after World War II.

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek label and label), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situation where a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular thing.

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Mover Participações

Mover Participações (formerly Camargo Corrêa) is one of the biggest Brazilian private conglomerates.

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Multi-divisional form

Multi-divisional form (also known as M-form or MDF) refers to an organizational structure by which the firm is separated into several semi autonomous units which are guided and controlled by (financial) targets from the center. Conglomerate (company) and Multi-divisional form are types of business entity.

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Multinational corporation

A multinational corporation (MNC; also called a multinational enterprise (MNE), transnational enterprise (TNE), transnational corporation (TNC), international corporation, or stateless corporation,with subtle but contrasting senses) is a corporate organization that owns and controls the production of goods or services in at least one country other than its home country.

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Mutual fund

A mutual fund is an investment fund that pools money from many investors to purchase securities.

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Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, criticism of corporate globalization, fascism and capitalism.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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NBCUniversal

NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and doing business as simply NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Nestlé

Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland.

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Nishat Group

Nishat Group (نشاط گروپ‬) is a group of companies headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan.

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No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies is a book by the Canadian author Naomi Klein.

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Odebrecht

Odebrecht S.A., officially known as Novonor, is a Brazilian conglomerate, headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, consisting of diversified businesses in the fields of engineering, construction, chemicals and petrochemicals.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Paramount Global

Paramount Global (also known simply as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan.

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Philip Morris International

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) is an American multinational tobacco company, with products sold in over 180 countries.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Ping An Insurance

Ping An Insurance known also as Ping An of China, full name Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. is a Chinese financial services holding company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, banking, asset management, financial services.

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Price–earnings ratio

The price–earnings ratio, also known as P/E ratio, P/E, or PER, is the ratio of a company's share (stock) price to the company's earnings per share.

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Regulation

Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.

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Reliance Industries

Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai.

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Retail

Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers.

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Return on investment

Return on investment (ROI) or return on costs (ROC) is the ratio between net income (over a period) and investment (costs resulting from an investment of some resources at a point in time).

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Risk management

Risk management is the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.

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Samsung

Samsung Group (stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Digital City, Suwon, South Korea.

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San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation, abbreviated as SMC, is a Philippine multinational conglomerate with headquarters in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.

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Shareholder value is a business term, sometimes phrased as shareholder value maximization.

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Sino Group

Established in 1971, Sino Group comprises three listed companies – Sino Land Company Limited (HKSE: 083), Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited (HKSE: 0247), Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited (HKSE: 1221) – and private companies held by the Ng Family.

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SK Group

SK Group (Korean: SK그룹, 에스케이그룹) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing and services conglomerate headquartered in Seoul.

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SM Investments

SM Investments Corporation (SMIC), also known as SM Group, is a Filipino conglomerate with interests in various sectors, mostly in shopping mall development and management, retail, real estate development, banking, and tourism.

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So-net

is a Japanese internet service provider operated by, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sony Financial Group

, formerly known as, is a Japanese holding company for Sony's financial services business and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a Japanese-American multinational video game and digital entertainment company of Sony.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

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Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and recorded videos) through multiple platforms.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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State-owned enterprise

A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity which is established and/or owned by a national or state/provincial government, by an executive order or an act of legislation, in order to earn profit for the government, control monopoly of the private sector over means of production, provide commodities to citizens at a lower price, implement government policies, and/or to deliver products and services to remote locations that otherwise have trouble attracting private vendors. Conglomerate (company) and state-owned enterprise are types of business entity.

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State-owned enterprises of China

A state-owned enterprise of China (Chinese: 国有企业) is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company. Conglomerate (company) and subsidiary are types of business entity.

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Sumitomo Group

The is a Japanese corporate group and keiretsu that traces its roots to the zaibatsu groups that were dissolved after World War II.

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Swire

Swire Group is a highly diversified global corporation, with businesses encompassing property, beverages and food chain, aviation, marine, as well as trading and industrial activities.

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Swire Properties

Swire Properties Limited is a property developer, owner and operator of mixed-use, principally commercial properties in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

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Synergy

Synergy is an interaction or cooperation giving rise to a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts (i.e., a non-linear addition of force, energy, or effect).

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Tata Group

The Tata Group is a group of companies headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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TCL Technology

TCL Technology Group Corp. (originally an abbreviation for Telephone Communication Limited) is a Chinese partially state-owned electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong Province.

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Teledyne Technologies

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is an American industrial conglomerate.

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Tencent

Tencent Holdings Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen.

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Tender offer

In corporate finance, a tender offer is a type of public takeover bid.

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Textron

Textron Inc. is an American industrial conglomerate based in Providence, Rhode Island.

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The Trump Organization

The Trump Organization is an American privately-owned conglomerate owned by Donald Trump.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.

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Time Inc.

Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City.

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Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company.

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Too big to fail

"Too big to fail" (TBTF) is a theory in banking and finance that asserts that certain corporations, particularly financial institutions, are so large and so interconnected that their failure would be disastrous to the greater economic system, and therefore should be supported by government when they face potential failure.

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TP-Link is a Singaporean electronics manufacturer of network equipment and smart home products.

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Transport

Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another.

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TV5 Network

TV5 Network Inc., commonly known as TV5, is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United Technologies

United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut.

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Votorantim Group

Votorantim S.A. is a permanently capitalized investment holding company, with a long-term investment approach.

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Wanda Group

Wanda Group, or the Dalian Wanda Group, is a Chinese multinational conglomerate founded in Dalian, Liaoning and headquartered in Beijing.

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros.

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Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.

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Warner Media, LLC (doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned by AT&T.

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Warrant (finance)

In finance, a warrant is a security that entitles the holder to buy or sell stock, typically the stock of the issuing company, at a fixed price called the exercise price.

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Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

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West Coast of the United States

The West Coast of the United Statesalso known as the Pacific Coast, and the Western Seaboardis the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean.

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Wiley-Blackwell

Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Zaibatsu

is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertically integrated business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period to World War II.

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ZTE

ZTE Corporation is a Chinese partially state-owned technology company that specializes in telecommunication.

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See also

Conglomerate companies

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)

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