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Trade. Business and economics portal. v. t. e. 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 .
Tencent Holdings Ltd. ( Chinese: 腾讯; pinyin: Téngxùn) is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the world's largest company in the video game industry based on its equity investments.
In New Zealand, Fletcher Challenge was formed in 1981 from the merger of Fletcher Holdings, Challenge Corporation, and Tasman Pulp & Paper, in an attempt to create a New Zealand-based multi-national company. At the time, the newly merged company dealt in construction, building supplies, pulp and paper mills, forestry, and oil & gas.
Subsidiary. A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company [1] [2] [3] is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. [4] [5] Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a same management being substantially controlled by same entity/group ...
In the United States, a bank holding company, as provided by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ( 12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq. ), is broadly defined as "any company that has control over a bank". [2] All bank holding companies in the US are required to register with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System .
PT MNC Asia Holding Tbk, (formerly PT MNC Investama Tbk and PT Bhakti Investama Tbk), doing business as MNC Asia Holding or MNC Group, is an Indonesian multinational conglomerate. Its primary businesses are media, financial services, and entertainment hospitality. It is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It holds a majority shareholding of MNC Media ...
Companies whose elections to be treated as financial holding companies are effective include: 0 - 9. 1ST UNITED BANCORP, INC., Boca Raton, Florida; A. ...
In countries with public trading markets, a privately held business is generally taken to mean one whose ownership shares or interests are not publicly traded. Often, privately held companies are owned by the company founders or their families and heirs or by a small group of investors. Sometimes employees also hold shares in private companies.