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Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Eastern Air Lines, Inc., former American airline that served the northeastern and southeastern United States. Founded......
Eastman Kodak Company
Eastman Kodak Company (KODK) is an American manufacturer of film and photographic supplies and provider of digital......
eBay
eBay Inc. is a global online marketplace founded by American entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar in 1995. Auctions constitute......
EBITDA
EBITDA is an acronym that stands for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. By removing......
eHarmony
eHarmony, American company providing online personal-relationship and matchmaking services. Founded in 2000 by......
El Al Israel Airlines
El Al Israel Airlines, Israeli airline founded by Israel in November 1948 after the establishment of the new nation.......
Electronic Arts
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electronic product environmental assessment tool
electronic product environmental assessment tool (EPEAT), online evaluation and procurement tool that helps consumers......
Elektra Records: Village Folk to âRiders on the Stormâ
Formed in 1950 by Jac Holzman, who initially ran it from his dormitory at St. Johnâs College, in Annapolis, Maryland,......
Eli Lilly and Company
Eli Lilly and Company is one of the worldâs largest pharmaceutical companies. Among its best-known products are......
Endesa
Endesa, Spanish energy company that is one of the largest private conglomerates in the world. Headquarters are......
Energia
Energia, Russian aerospace company that is a major producer of spacecraft, launch vehicles, rocket stages, and......
Eni
Eni, Italian energy company operating primarily in petroleum, natural gas, and petrochemicals. Established in 1953,......
entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship, the state of being an entrepreneur, or a person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk......
Erie Railroad Company
Erie Railroad Company, U.S. railroad running between New York City, Buffalo, and Chicago, through the southern......
Etsy
Etsy, American e-commerce company, founded in 2005 by entrepreneur Rob Kalin and partners Chris Maguire and Haim......
Eureka
Eureka, cooperative organization inaugurated in 1985 by 18 European countries and formally established with a secretariat......
Exxon Corporation
Exxon was an American oil and natural resources company that merged with Mobil Corporation in 1999 to form Exxon......
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation is an American oil and gas company and the publicly traded parent of Exxon Mobil......
Facebook
Facebook, American online social media platform and social network service that is part of the company Meta Platforms.......
Facebook: At a Glance
Facebook is a social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Harvard University students......
Factory Records: Manchesterâs 24-Hour Party People
Factory Records emerged in the punk moment of the late 1970s and was the heart of Manchesterâs music scene until......
fair
fair, temporary market where buyers and sellers gather to transact business. A fair is held at regular intervals,......
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor, former American electronics company that shares credit with Texas Instruments Incorporated......
Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae (FNMA), federally chartered private corporation created as a federal agency by the U.S. Congress in......
Fantasy Records: Cosmoâs Factory
Fantasy was founded as a jazz label in San Francisco in 1949 by brothers Sol and Max Weiss. Their artists included......
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government charged with preventing unfair......
FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. is a global leader in transportation, e-commerce, and logistics; the company started by introducing......
Ferrero Group
Ferrero is a private multinational manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery products. Founded and headquartered......
Fiat
Fiat, major Italian manufacturer of automobiles that is a subsidiary of the multinational automobile manufacturer......
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments is one of the largest asset managers in the United States. Headquartered in Boston, it is......
Fileneâs
Fileneâs, a Boston department store that pioneered a number of retailing innovations. It was founded in 1881 by......
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Financial markets move fast and often involve complicated financial products, which makes oversight and investor......
First Bank System, Inc.
First Bank System, Inc., American bank holding company. Its major subsidiary is the First National Bank of Minneapolis.......
First Interstate Bancorp
First Interstate Bancorp, once one of the largest American multibank holding corporations. The corporation was......
FirstCity
FirstCity (FCFC), American financial-services company founded in 1950 as the bank holding company First City Bancorporation......
Flick Group
Flick Group, former diversified industrial and manufacturing company founded in Germany in the early 1920s by Friedrich......
Forbes
Forbes, American business magazine owned by Forbes, Inc. Published biweekly, it features original articles on finance,......
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American automotive corporation that was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford and 11 associate......
Fortnum & Mason
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Fortune
Fortune is an American business magazine, known for its in-depth reporting and for its annual ranking of Americaâs......
Fortune 500
Fortune 500, annual list published by Fortune magazine ranking 500 of the largest companies incorporated and operated......
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is an American television broadcasting company founded in 1986 by media magnate Rupert......
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation is an American mass media company formed in 2019 after The Walt Disney Company acquired most of......
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel, American cable television news and political commentary channel launched in 1996. The network......
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac (FHLMC), federally chartered private corporation created by the U.S. Congress in 1970 to provide continuous......
Fruehauf Trailer Corporation
Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, American corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of truck trailers. Headquarters......
Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited, Japanese electronics, computers, information technology, and telecommunications company, with......
Gannett Co., Inc.
Gannett Co., Inc., one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, with interests in newspaper Web......
General Dynamics Corp.
General Dynamics Corp., major American defense contractor. The companyâs headquarters are in Falls Church, Va.......
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that was......
General Foods Corporation
General Foods Corporation, former American manufacturer of packaged grocery and meat products. Since 1989, General......
General Mills, Inc.
General Mills, Inc., leading American producer of packaged consumer foods, especially flour, breakfast cereals,......
General Motors
General Motors is an American corporation that was the worldâs largest motor-vehicle manufacturer for much of the......
general store
general store, retail store in a small town or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods, including......
Google
Google is an American search engine company, founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since 2015, Google......
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk Railway, early Canadian railway line, incorporated in 1852â53 to build a railway connecting the key......
Greene and Greene
Greene and Greene, American firm established by the Greene brothers, architects who pioneered the California bungalow,......
greenwashing
Greenwashing is the practice of presenting companies or products as more environmentally responsible than they......
Greg Abel
Greg Abel (born June 1, 1962, Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian-born investor and accountant who became chief executive......
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Greyhound Lines, Inc., American corporation that has provided the major intercity bus transportation in the United......
Groupon
Groupon, American e-commerce company that offers deep discounts, usually 50â90 percent, for popular products and......
GSK PLC
GSK PLC is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with research-and-development centers......
GTE Corporation
GTE Corporation, U.S. holding company for several U.S. and international telephone companies. It also manufactures......
Guinness
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Gulf + Western Inc.
Gulf + Western, founded in 1958 by Charles Bluhdorn, became one of the most highly diversified conglomerates in......
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf Oil Corporation, former American petroleum company; it was acquired by Chevron Corporation in 1984. Although......
Halliburton
Halliburton Co. is an American oil-field services company that operates worldwide and is a global leader in the......
Hammer Films
Hammer Films, British production company known for its low-budget, gothic horror feature films. In 1934 theatre......
Harrods
Harrods, renowned department store in London. It is located on Brompton Road, south of Hyde Park, in the borough......
HBO
Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) is an American cable television company that arguably became the leading premium cable......
Heinz
Heinz is a division and brand of the Kraft Heinz Company, a major manufacturer of processed foods and beverages......
Herman Miller, Inc.
Herman Miller, Inc., American furniture company known for innovations in design and in organizational management.......
Hermès
Hermès, French luxury goods company established by Thierry Hermès in 1837 and stewarded by subsequent generations.......
Hershey Company
Hershey Company is an American manufacturer of food products, chiefly chocolate and sugar-based confections. Hersheyâs......
Hess Corporation
Hess Corporation was a U.S.-based petroleum company, headquartered in New York City, and known for its holiday......
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hewlett-Packard Company, American manufacturer of software and computer services and a major brand in the history......
Hi Records
In the early 1970s Memphisâs chain of racially mixed musics made by integrated musiciansâfrom the output of Sun......
Hi Records
Hi Records, American record label founded in 1957 by guitarist Ray Harris and Memphis record store owner Joe Cuoghi.......
Hill and Range: The Kingâs Publishers
When Austrian immigrant brothers Jean and Julian Aberbach formed their Hill and Range publishing company in 1945,......
Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., highly diversified Japanese manufacturing corporation that comprises more than 1,000 subsidiaries,......
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, former German chemical concern founded in 1863 in the HĂśchst quarter of Frankfurt am......
holding company
holding company, a corporation that owns enough voting stock in one or more other companies to exercise control......
Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
Honda Motor Company, Ltd. is a leading Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles and a major producer of automobiles......
Honeywell International Inc.
Honeywell International Inc., American advanced-technology company that manufactures aerospace and automotive products;......
Huawei
Huawei is a Chinese multinational technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei,......
Hudsonâs Bay Company
Hudsonâs Bay Company, corporation that occupies a prominent place in both the economic and the political history......
Hughes Electronics Corporation
Hughes Electronics Corporation, American provider of wireless telecommunication services and formerly a leading......
HYBE Corp.
HYBE Corp. is a South Korean global entertainment company established in 2005 by Bang Si-hyuk, an entrepreneur,......
Hyundai Group
Hyundai Group is a large family-run business group (chaebol) in South Korea. It was founded in 1947 as a construction......
Iberia
Iberia, Spanish airline created by law on June 7, 1940, and given rights to the air transport of persons and cargo......
IBM
IBM is an American technology company that provides software, consulting, computing infrastructure, cloud computing,......
Idemitsu KĹsan Co., Ltd.
Idemitsu KĹsan Co., Ltd., Japanese petrochemical corporation founded in 1911 as Idemitsu ShĹkai and reorganized......
IKEA
IKEA, home furnishings retailer that was the worldâs largest seller of furniture in the early 21st century, operating......
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad (IC), former U.S. railroad founded in 1851 that expanded service from Illinois to much......