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Toblerone
Toblerone ( , , ) is a Swiss chocolate brand owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods). It was produced exclusively in Bern, Switzerland until 2022, when a smaller, limited part of the portfolio began production in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Milka
thumb|Milka advertisement (1913) Milka is a European brand of chocolate confectionery. Originally made in Switzerland in 1901 by Suchard, it has been produced in Lörrach, Germany, since 1901. Since 2012 it has been owned by US-based company Mondelez International, when it demerged from its predecessor Kraft Foods Inc., which had taken over the brand in 1990. It is sold in bars and a number of novelty shapes for Easter and Christmas. Products with the Milka brand also include chocolate-covered cookies and biscuits.
Sky Group
British media and telecommunications conglomerate
Time Inc.
American magazine publishing company
Mack Trucks
American company
International Lease Finance Corporation
former US aircraft lessor
MCA Inc.
American media, entertainment conglomerate
Verbatim
American company producing memory media in the IT sector
BFGoodrich
thumb|right|Series of BFGoodrich off-road tires BFGoodrich is an American tire brand. Originally part of the industrial conglomerate Goodrich Corporation, it was acquired in 1990 (along with Uniroyal, then The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company) by the French tire maker Michelin. BFGoodrich was the first American tire manufacturer to make radial tires. It made tires for the then new Winton car from Winton Motor Carriage Company.
Tungsram
Tungsram was a manufacturing company located in Hungary and known for their light bulbs and electronics. Established in Újpest (today part of Budapest, Hungary) in 1896, it initially produced telephones, wires and switchboards. The name "Tungsram" is a portmanteau of tungsten ( ) and wolfram ( ), the two common names of the metal used for making light bulb filaments. Before becoming nationalized by the Communist government in 1945, the company was the world's third largest manufacturer of light bulbs and radiotubes, after the American General Electric and RCA companies.
BWT AG
Austrian public company
Mister Donut
American international chain of doughnut stores
Warner Communications
U.S. entertainment conglomerate (1972–1990); merged with Time Inc.
Winners
Winners Merchants International L.P. is a chain of off-price Canadian department stores owned by TJX. Its market niche is similar to the American chain TJ Maxx, and it is a partnered retailer to department stores HomeSense and Marshalls.
Three
privately owned national free-to-air television broadcaster currently available within New Zealand
Midland Bank
banking company
Borneo Bulletin
English-language daily newspaper in Brunei
Beatrice Foods
company
Home Box Office, Inc.
American media and entertainment company
Roy Rogers Restaurants
fast food restaurant chain in the United States
British Satellite Broadcasting
defunct British satellite television company from 1986 to 1990
AVX Corporation
American electronic component manufacturer