2002 mergers and acquisitions

global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in Florida, United States

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American fast food chain

Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the second company after Columbia Data Products to legally reverse engineer the BIOS of the IBM Personal Computer. It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s. The company was initially based in Harris County, Texas.

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., also called Herbalife International, Inc. (with a U.S. subsidiary called Herbalife International of America) or simply Herbalife, is an American multinational multi-level marketing (MLM) corporation that develops and sells dietary supplements.

British video game developer

American video game developer and studio of Rockstar Games

Japanese stationery company

Aiwa (, stylised aiwa) is a Japanese consumer electronics brand of Aiwa Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Towada Audio holdings. The current company was established in 2017 and creates mainly audio products; the brand is also licensed to or owned by other companies in different regions of the world, producing various electronics.

is a Japanese electronics company dealing with audio equipment. The Denon brand came from a merger of Denki Onkyo (not to be confused with the other Onkyo) and others in 1939. It originally started as Nippon Chikuonki Shoukai in 1910 by Frederick Whitney Horn, an American entrepreneur.

Canadian video game developer

American first-party video game developer and division of Nintendo based in Austin, Texas

ArenaNet, LLC is an American video game developer and subsidiary of NCSoft, founded in 2000 by Mike O'Brien, Patrick Wyatt and Jeff Strain and located in Bellevue, Washington. They are most notable as developers of the online role-playing game series Guild Wars.

fast food restaurant chain

British sports brand

American advertising company

insurance holding company

American car rental company of Avis

HowStuffWorks is an American commercial infotainment website founded by professor and author Marshall Brain, to provide its target audience an insight into the way many things work. The site uses various media to explain complex concepts, terminology, and mechanisms—including photographs, diagrams, videos, animations, and articles.

American video game development company

Italian developer specializing in racing video games

Pennzoil is an American motor oil brand currently owned by Shell plc. The former Pennzoil Company had been established in 1913 in Pennsylvania, being active in business as an independent firm until it was acquired by Shell in 2002, becoming a brand of the conglomerate.

American textile company

American corporation involved in mainly aerospace, electronics, automotive, and credit reporting, etc.

Mexican record label

UK travel company

American video game developer

British book publishing company

Dutch newspaper

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3DLABS Inc. Ltd. was a fabless semiconductor company. It was founded by Yavuz Ahıska and Osman Kent in 1994 with headquarters in San Jose, California. It originally developed the GLINT and PERMEDIA high-end graphics chip technology that was used on many of the world's leading computer graphics cards in the CAD and DCC markets, including its own Wildcat and Oxygen cards.

'''Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. (or simply Dreyer's''') is an American ice cream and frozen dairy dessert company, founded in 1928 in Oakland, California. The company's two signature brands, ''Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and Edy's Grand Ice Cream'', are named after its founders, William Dreyer and Joseph Edy. The Dreyer's brand is sold in the Western United States and Texas, while the Edy's brand is sold in the Eastern and Midwestern United States.

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American multinational corporation engaged surf apparel and accessories

fitness magazine

fast food restaurant chain in the United States

former financial company

The Chipwich is a brand of ice cream sandwich. The Chipwich name and logo is trademarked by Crave Better Foods, LLC based in Cos Cob, Connecticut. thumb|Studio photo of Chipwich ice cream sandwich

alternative weekly in New York City, published from 1988 to 2011

Homebase was a British home improvement and garden centre retailer that operated across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Emagic GmbH was a music software and hardware company founded in Rellingen, Germany in 1992 by Gerhard Lengeling and Chris Adam, joined later by Sven Junge. The company was best known for its digital audio workstation software, Logic. The company was acquired by Apple Computer, Inc. on July 1, 2002, and its Windows-based product offerings were discontinued on September 30. Apple eventually phased out Emagic branding, releasing Logic Pro 7 under the Apple brand on September 29, 2004. Apple continues to develop and offer Logic Pro as their flagship DAW for Mac.

Pakistani commercial bank based in Karachi

Chocolates Garoto S.A. is a Brazilian chocolate and confectionery company headquartered in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo. The company was founded in 1929 by German immigrant Heinrich Meyerfreund and acquired by Nestlé in 2002.

video game developer based in the United States

Aeroplan is the frequent-flyer program owned by Air Canada, Canada's flag carrier. The Aeroplan program was created in July 1984 by Air Canada as an incentive program for its frequent flyer customers. In 2002 it was spun off as a separate corporate entity and eventually sold to Aimia. On May 11, 2017, Air Canada announced it plans to launch a new loyalty program to replace the Aeroplan program in 2020. On August 21, 2018, Air Canada, along with TD, CIBC and Visa, agreed to acquire Aeroplan from Aimia for CA$450 million in cash. There are approximately 5 million active members in the program. O

American publisher of sheet music

Bonmarché ( ) is a British clothing retailer founded by Singh Chima in 1982. Since April 2019, the retailer has been owned by The Edinburgh Woollen Mill.

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manufacturer and distributor of hand tools and power tool accessories

American publisher of hobby magazines and books

American-British security services company

British independent production company

American multinational television production company