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  2. Ray-Ban - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.

  3. Luxottica - Wikipedia

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    Luxottica. Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate based in Milan. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails its eyewear brands all through its own subsidiaries. The company, presently organized as a subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica which formed when the Italian conglomerate ...

  4. Ticker symbol - Wikipedia

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    A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. In short, ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters or digits) representing specific assets or securities listed on a stock exchange or traded publicly. A ...

  5. History of Twitter - Wikipedia

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    The history of the social media site Twitter began in 2006 as Jack Dorsey's, then at Odeo, idea. It was spun off in 2007 after which expanded rapidly and became a significant component of global society. Twitter became a key part of politics and international relations but was also banned or blocked in some countries.

  6. EssilorLuxottica - Wikipedia

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    EssilorLuxottica SA is an Italian-French vertically integrated multinational corporation based in Paris and founded on 1 October 2018 from the merger of the Italian Luxottica with the French Essilor. The eyewear -focused group designs, produces and markets ophthalmic lenses, optical equipment, prescription glasses and sunglasses .

  7. Spectrum Brands - Wikipedia

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    Spectrum Brands. Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.[ 2] is an American diversified company headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin. It was established in 2005 as the successor to Rayovac Corporation. The company manufactures and markets home appliances under the Remington, Black & Decker, George Foreman, and Russell Hobbs brand names, lawn and garden ...

  8. Timeline of Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Twitter replaces the Favorite button with a Like button and the star symbol (used to symbolize favoriting) with a heart symbol. [ 133 ] [ 134 ] [ 135 ] Twitter reports a 6% increase in usage of the feature after the change, [ 136 ] and also appears to be experimenting with offering a more diverse set of emojis, prompting commentators to draw ...

  9. Aviator sunglasses - Wikipedia

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    Aviator sunglasses. F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, with AN 6531 sunglasses (1942) Aviator sunglasses are a style of sunglasses that was developed by a group of American firms. The original Bausch & Lomb design is now commercially marketed as Ray-Ban Aviators, although other manufacturers also produce aviator-style sunglasses.