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Founded the De Beers Mining Company and owned the British South Africa Company, which established Rhodesia for itself.
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Founded in 1974 as the Dia Art Foundation, it first patronized a group of artists that included Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, La Monte Young, and Marian Zazeela.
Founded in 1928 as a subsidiary of de Havilland Aircraft ( UK ) de Havilland Canada was first located at De Lesseps Field in Toronto, before moving to Downsview in 1929.
Founded in 1992 as Original Arzgebirgische Randfichten by Thomas " Rups " Unger and Michael " Michl " Rostig, they were renamed to De Randfichten in 1997.
Founded in 1938, it is administered by the De La Salle Brothers and named after St. Bede the Venerable, a Benedictine monk and priest who spent his life teaching and writing in the monasteries.
Founded on February 12, 1944, the team played its first game at home against Universidad De Bogota, losing 1 to 2.
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Founded in 1958 as the Northford Historical Institute, the society runs four historic buildings in town: the Reynolds Beers House ( the main museum and office ), the Miller Barn, the " Little White Gas Station ", and the Little Red Schoolhouse.
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Founded in 1946, originally the radium sales department of Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd., the division developed one of the first teletherapy units that used the radioisotope cobalt-60 to destroy cancerous tumours.
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Founded August 24, 1690 by Job Charnock of the East India Company, and commonly called `` The City of Palaces '', it seemed a vast and elegant place to Ann Hasseltine Judson.
Founded in 1933, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company ( 1933 ) Limited ( KMB ) is one of the largest privately-owned public bus operators in the world.
Founded as the Dodge Brothers Company in 1900 to supply parts and assemblies for Detroit's growing auto industry, Dodge began making its own complete vehicles in 1915.
Founded in 1860, the Milton Bradley Company is the oldest game manufacturer in the United States.
Founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and headquartered in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Miramax was a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1993.
Founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company, the brand name Parlophon was initially used for gramophones before the company began making records.
Founded in 1877 by the Florida Winter Home and Improvement Company.
Founded in 1914, the Victor Lundeen Company is still an important business in Fergus Falls today.
Founded in 1902 by the Chartiers Land Company, Rosslyn Farms was developed by William Parrish.
Carlisle Tire and Rubber Company ( Founded 1917 ), Masland Carpets ( Founded 1866 ), and Frog Switch Manufacturing ( Founded 1876 by John Hays ).
Founded in 1905 by brothers Frank L. and John W. Fenton, the Fenton Art Glass Company ranks among the world's foremost producers of handmade art glass.
Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the military.
* 1886 – Founded Westinghouse Electric Company
" Founded on July 6, 1865, it is published by The Nation Company, L. P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.
Founded in 1962 by Toronto pharmacist Murray Koffler, the Company includes more than 1, 200 stores across Canada.
Founded in 1900 as the Mack Brothers Company, it manufactured its first truck in 1907 and adopted its present name in 1922.
Founded by John Molson in Montreal in 1786, and now seven generations later, the Molson family name in brewing is the second oldest company in Canada, after the Hudson's Bay Company.
Founded in 1905 by Milton S. Hershey, as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company, as of 2012, the park is wholly and privately owned by Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company.
Founded in 1833, the Company has seven operating divisions including Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses ; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment ; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures ; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products.
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Founded in 1719 by Laurentius Moorees, it is currently owned by the Swinkels family.
Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor.
Founded by Nehemiah Webb in 1907, the weekly paper has been owned by the Gish family of Letcher County since 1956.
Founded by Howard Deering Johnson, it was the largest restaurant chain in the US throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with over 1, 000 company owned and franchised outlets.
Founded in 1979, it is a privately owned by Patti Russell, David Russell, and Brian McGrath.
) Founded in 1888 as the Willamette Falls Electric Company, the company has been an independent company for most of its existence, though was briefly owned by the Houston-based Enron Corporation from 1997 until 2006 when Enron divested itself of PGE during its bankruptcy.
Founded in 1970 by Dr. Gene Amdahl, a former IBM employee, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu since 1997.
Founded by Walter Shorenstein after World War II, who died of natural causes on 6 / 25 / 2010, the company is now owned by his son, chairman and CEO Douglas Shorenstein.
Founded in 1888, the university is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), and transitioned from a junior college to a four-year institution in 2001, known for the greater part of its history as Ricks College.
Founded March 8, 1982, the station is owned and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Founded in 1985 by Dr. Peter Lammer and Dr. Jan Hruska, Sophos is a privately owned company and is co-headquartered in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England and Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.
Founded in 1963, QCC occupies the Greendale campus formerly owned by Assumption College.
Founded in 1536, Barrancabermeja is home of the biggest petroleum refinery in Colombia, which is owned by the state company Ecopetrol.
Founded in 1818 as a family business, the privately owned company is now owned by Retail Brand Alliance, also features clothing for women, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.
Founded in 1895 by Walter Edge as the Atlantic City Daily Press, it is now owned by Abarta, a privately owned Pittsburgh-based holding company.
Founded in 1923, O ' Dea is owned by the Archdiocese of Seattle and run by the Congregation of Christian Brothers.
Founded in 1986, It was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting.
Founded in 1987 on channel 24, the station is owned by Ventana Television, the subsidiary of HSN which is the holding company for its broadcast licenses.
Founded and 33 % owned by Dutch development organisation Solidaridad, Kuyichi focuses on using a more ethical supply chain consisting of regulated and largely SA8000 compliant factories and partly organic, totally fair trade cotton.
Founded in 1946 on the lands bought from a golf club, it is owned and directed by the Capuchin Friars of the Western American Province of Our Lady of Angels.
Founded by David Bodnick in 1998, Ixquick is currently owned by Dutch company, Surfboard Holding BV, which acquired the internet company in 2000.
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