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Amazon
American multinational technology company
TV Azteca
Mexican multimedia group
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly referred to as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, commonly shortened to MGM) is an American film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Culver City, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon since 2022.
ZTE
ZTE Corporation is a Chinese partially state-owned technology company that specializes in telecommunication. Founded in 1985, ZTE is listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
Fuji Television
Japanese television station in Tokyo
Take-Two Interactive
American publisher, developer and distributor of video games
Hisense
Hisense Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational major appliance and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong province. Television sets are its main product, and it has been the largest TV manufacturer in China by market share since 2004. It was the world's fourth-largest TV manufacturer by market share in the first half of 2023 and the second-largest by number of units shipped in 2022. Hisense is also an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), so some of its products are sold to other companies and have brand names unrelated to Hisense.
Reckitt
Reckitt, officially Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom. It manufactures health, hygiene, and nutrition products.
NCR Corporation
American software, consulting and technology company
Ralph Lauren Corporation
American fashion company
Eurofins Scientific
French laboratory group
TiVo Corporation
American technology company
BEA Systems
American software company
Rambus
Rambus Inc. is an American technology company that designs, develops and licenses chip interface technologies and architectures that are used in digital electronics products. The company, founded in 1990, is well known for inventing RDRAM and for its intellectual property-based litigation following the introduction of DDR-SDRAM memory.
RealNetworks
RealNetworks LLC is an American technology company and provider of Internet streaming media delivery software and services based in Seattle, Washington. The company also provides subscription-based online entertainment services and mobile entertainment and messaging services.
Genesys
customer experience company
Meade Instruments
company
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. is an American company based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on health information technology and clinical research.
Qwest
Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
MNC Corporation
Indonesian multinational conglomerate
Network Solutions
American-based technology company and a subsidiary of Web.com
Spectrum Brands
company
C. H. Robinson Worldwide
American transportation and logistics company
Gildan Activewear
Gildan Activewear Inc. () is a Canadian manufacturer of branded clothing, including undecorated blank activewear such as t-shirts, hoodies and fleeces, which are subsequently decorated by screen printing companies with designs and logos. The company also supplies branded and private label athletic, casual, and dress socks to retail companies in the United States including Gold Toe Brands, PowerSox, SilverToe, Auro, All Pro, and the Gildan brand. The company also manufactures and distributes Under Armour and New Balance brand socks. The company has approximately 50,000 employees worldwide, and
CIT Group
American banking and financial services company
Prologis
Prologis, Inc. is a real estate investment trust headquartered in San Francisco, California that invests in logistics facilities. The company was formed through the merger of AMB Property Corporation and Prologis in June 2011, which made Prologis the largest industrial real estate company in the world. As of 2025, the company operates more than 15,000 land acres and over 6,000 buildings comprising about 1.3 billion square feet in 20 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. According to The Economist, its business strategy is focused on warehouses that are located close
EarthLink
EarthLink is an American Internet service provider.
QAD Inc
software company
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
former American engineering company
CarMax
CarMax, Inc. is a used vehicle retailer based in the United States. It operates two business segments: CarMax Sales Operations and CarMax Auto Finance. The company began as a side business of Circuit City Corporation, Inc., opening its first location in September 1993 in Richmond, Virginia. CarMax operates 253 locations.
TD Ameritrade
American online broker
8x8
8x8, Inc. is an American provider of cloud communications and customer experience software for businesses. The company offers unified communications, contact center, and communications platform as a service (CPaaS) delivered via a cloud-based architecture. 8x8 is headquartered in Campbell, California. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol EGHT, and the company is led by Samuel Wilson.
Tungsten Automation
robotic process automation software
Vail Resorts
American ski resort operator
BJ's Wholesale Club
American membership-only warehouse club chain
Ciena
Ciena Corporation is an American optical networking systems and software company based in Hanover, Maryland. The company has been described as a vital player in optical connectivity. The company reported revenues of $4.8 billion and more than 9,000 employees, . Gary Smith serves as president and chief executive officer (CEO).
Boston Properties
real estate company
Noritsu
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd. is a Japanese holding company with subsidiaries engaged in the development and sales of audio equipment, the manufacture and sales of pen-nib components, and healthcare for medical data analysis and research.
Randgold Resources
gold mining business
United Rentals
American equipment rental company
Fresh Del Monte Produce
American produce company
Petra Diamonds
diamond mining company
FranklinCovey
Franklin Covey Co., trading as FranklinCovey and based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a coaching company which provides training and assessment services in the areas of leadership, individual effectiveness, and business execution for organizations and individuals. The company was formed on May 30, 1997, as a result of merger between Hyrum W. Smith's Franklin Quest and Stephen R. Covey's Covey Leadership Center. Among other products, the company has marketed the FranklinCovey planning system, modeled in part on the writings of Benjamin Franklin, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, based o
Bank OZK
bank headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas