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  2. Holding company - Wikipedia

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    A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. [1] A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own stock of other companies to form a corporate group. In some jurisdictions around the world, holding companies are called ...

  3. Foreign ownership - Wikipedia

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    The legislation, which came into force in 2016, forbids foreign governments, organisations, companies, and individuals from founding or holding more than a 20% stake in Russian media businesses. According to Vadim Dengin, one of the bill's authors, "the tighter limit on foreign ownership would help protect Russia from western influence."

  4. Alleghany Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Footnotes / references. [1] Alleghany Corporation is an American investment holding company originally created by the railroad entrepreneurs Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen as a holding company for their railroad interests. It was incorporated in 1929 [2] and reincorporated in Delaware in 1984. [3] On March 21, 2022, Berkshire Hathaway made an ...

  5. Pros and Cons of Buying Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Stock

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    For years, analysts have called e-tailer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (ticker: BABA) the "Amazon of China" and for good reason -- it's one of the few e-commerce companies in the world that can hold a ...

  6. FCB (advertising agency) - Wikipedia

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    Founded by Daniel Lord and Ambrose Thomas as Lord & Thomas in Chicago in 1873, FCB is the third-oldest advertising agency in the U.S. still operating today. Albert Lasker began work for the firm as a clerk in 1898, working his way up until he purchased it in 1912. Chicago and New York were centers of the nation's advertising industry at the ...

  7. Conglomerate (company) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A conglomerate ( / kəŋˈɡlɒmərət /) 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] A conglomerate usually has a parent company that owns and controls many subsidiaries, which are legally independent but ...

  8. Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act - Wikipedia

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    Signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 18, 2020. The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act is a 2020 law that requires companies publicly listed on stock exchanges in the United States to disclose to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission information on foreign jurisdictions that prevent the Public Company ...

  9. List of holding companies - Wikipedia

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    Under the United States Bank Holding Company Act, financial and bank holding companies are regulated by the US Federal Reserve. [1] Companies whose elections to be treated as financial holding companies are effective include: