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Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and began to produce its current line of road cars in 1947. Ferrari became a public company in 1960, and from 1963 to 2014, it was a subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A. It was spun off from Fiat's successor entity, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, in 2016. The company currently offers a large model range which includes several supercars, grand tourers, and one SUV. Many early Ferraris, dating to the 1
PayPal
thumb|upright|eBay, PayPal, [[Kijiji and StubHub, 500 King Street West, Toronto, April 2014]]
Yamaha Motor Company
Japanese motorcycle manufacturer
Universal Music Group
Dutch–American music corporation
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company () is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly operates services in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.
Victoria’s Secret
American retailer of lingerie
DreamWorks Animation
American animation studio
Vimeo
Vimeo ( ) is an American video hosting, sharing, and services provider founded in 2004 and headquartered in New York City. Vimeo focuses on the delivery of high-definition video across a range of devices and operates on a software as a service (SaaS) business model. The platform provides tools for video creation, editing, and broadcasting along with enterprise software solutions and the means for video professionals to connect with clients and other professionals. the site has 260 million users, with around 1.6 million subscribers to its services.
Volvo Cars
automotive brand manufacturing subsidiary of Geely
Viacom
American mass media company (2005–2019)
Monsanto
The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in the 1970s. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In 2018, the company ranked 199th on the Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Originally known as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the agency was created on February 7, 1958, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in response to the Soviet's launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957. By collaborating with academia, industry, and government partners, DARPA formulates and executes research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science, o
IVECO S.p.a.
Iveco S.p.A., an acronym for Industria Veicoli Commerciali or Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian multinational transport vehicle manufacturing company with headquarters in Turin, Italy. It designs and builds light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles. The Iveco name first appeared in 1975 after a merger of Italian, French, and German brands.
Euronext
Euronext N.V. (short for European New Exchange Technology) is a European bourse that provides trading and post-trade services for a range of financial instruments. It is registered in Amsterdam but its operational headquarters are located in Paris. It operates major stock exchanges in eight countries: France (Euronext Paris), the Netherlands (Euronext Amsterdam), Belgium (Euronext Brussels), Ireland (Euronext Dublin), Portugal (Euronext Lisbon), Italy (Borsa Italiana), Greece (Athens Stock Exchange) and Norway (Euronext Oslo Børs). The present-day Euronext was spun off from the Intercontinenta
Western Union
American financial services and communications company
21st Century Fox
American multinational mass media corporation (2013–2019)
Philip Morris International
American global cigarette and tobacco company
Verisign
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the , , and generic top-level domains and the country-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the and sponsored top-level domains.
Kellanova
thumb|Kellogg's brand logo used by both Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co, formerly used as a corporate logo until 2023, still used today as a brand. thumb|Former Kellogg's Café, Union Square (Manhattan)
Marriott International
international hospitality company in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
The Boring Company
infrastructure and tunneling company
Avaya
Avaya LLC(), formerly Avaya Inc., is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, that provides cloud communications and workstream collaboration services. The company's platform includes unified communications and contact center services. In 2019, the company provided services to 220,000 customer locations in 190 countries.
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American consumer electronics and telecommunications company, subsidiary of Lenovo
Veolia
Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services. In 2025, Veolia employed 215,000 employees in 56 countries. Its revenue in that year was recorded at €44.396 billion. It is quoted on Euronext Paris. It is headquartered in Aubervilliers.
Yum! Brands
American fast food company
Mondelez International
American multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate
Smith & Wesson
manufacturer of firearms and BB guns in the United States
Nortel
Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1895 as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company, or simply Northern Electric. Until an antitrust settlement in 1949, Northern Electric was owned mostly by Bell Canada and the Western Electric Company of the Bell System, producing large volumes of telecommunications equipment based on licensed Western Electric designs.
Moody's Corporation
company
SanDisk
Sandisk Corporation (formerly branded SanDisk) is an American multinational computer semiconductor company based in Milpitas, California, that designs and manufactures flash memory products, including memory cards, USB flash drives, and solid-state drives (SSDs). It was founded in 1988 as SunDisk by Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra, and Jack Yuan. The name is a portmanteau of the founder’s name Sanjay and disk.
Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor is an American company that operates online travel agencies, comparison shopping websites, and mobile apps with user-generated content.
PARC
company
Time Inc.
American magazine publishing company
Opera
developer of the Opera browser
Fox Corporation
American mass media company, successor to 21st Century Fox
Husqvarna Group
producer of outdoor power products
OSRAM Licht AG
OSRAM Licht AG is a German company that makes electric lights, headquartered in Munich and Premstätten (Austria). OSRAM positions itself as a high-tech photonics company that is increasingly focusing on sensor technology, visualization and treatment by light. The company serves customers in the consumer, automotive, healthcare and industrial technology sectors. The operating company of OSRAM is OSRAM GmbH.
VAIO
, known simply as VAIO or Sony VAIO, is a Japanese personal computer manufacturer headquartered in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture.
Freescale Semiconductor
American company
Otis Worldwide Corporation
American elevator and escalator manufacturer
News Corp
American multinational mass media company (2013-)
Infineon Technologies
German high-tech company
América Móvil
Mexican multinational telecommunications company
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
American information technology company
CBS Corporation
American mass media company (2005–2019)
NXP Semiconductors
Dutch company
HP Inc.
American information technology company
The Travelers Companies
insurance company
Kraft Foods Inc.
American multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, (CATL) is a Chinese battery manufacturer and technology company founded in 2011 that specializes in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems, as well as battery management systems (BMS). CATL is the biggest EV and energy storage battery manufacturer in the world, with a global market share of around 37% and 36.8% respectively in 2022 and 2023. It is headquartered in Ningde, Fujian province, where it maintains its flagship manufacturing hub.
Tata Daewoo
automotive company
Cognizant
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is an American multinational information technology consulting and outsourcing company originally founded in India. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Cognizant is part of the NASDAQ-100 and trades under CTSH. It was founded in Chennai, India, as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994, and started serving external clients in 1996. After a series of corporate reorganizations, there was an initial public offering in 1998. Ravi Kumar Singisetti has been the CEO of the company since January 2023, replacing Brian Hu
ASRock
ASRock Inc. () is a Taiwanese manufacturer of motherboards, industrial PCs and home theater PCs (HTPC).
PEGATRON
Pegatron Corporation (stylized as PEGΛTRON) is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer specializing in developing and producing computing, communications, and consumer electronics for major brands. The company also designs and manufactures computer peripherals and components. Pegatron's primary products include laptops, desktop computers, netbooks, game consoles, handheld and mobile devices, motherboards, video cards, and LCD TVs. The company also produces broadband communication devices such as smartphones, set-top boxes and cable modems.
Kraft Foods Group
American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate, formed as a spin-off from Kraft Foods Inc.
SRI International
American scientific research institute (founded 1946)
GE Aerospace
American aircraft engine supplier
Nexans
thumb|Nexans office in Markham, Ontario, Canada Nexans S.A. is a global company in the cable and optical fibre industry headquartered in Paris, France.
GE HealthCare
company
Motorola Solutions
American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider