Solidere, a $ 2-billion firm, is managing the reconstruction of Beirut's central business district ; the stock market reopened in January 1996, and international banks and insurance companies are returning.

As of March 2007 he has been the CEO and Chief Software Engineer of Construx Software, a software engineering consulting firm he founded in 1996.

He was Chair of FairVote from 1996 to 2008 and continues to serve on its board, served as President of the World Federalist Association and on the advisory board of Public Campaign and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and is of counsel to the Washington, DC-based law firm of Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

In 1996 and 1962, SOM received the Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects, which recognizes the design work of an entire firm.

From 1990 to 1996, Poindexter served as co-founder of TP Systems, Inc., a software development firm specializing in commercial software for the IBM PCs and compatibles ; Poindexter was the chief designer and programmer.

In 1996, Young and Carlton Masters co-founded GoodWorks International, a consulting firm " offering international market access and political risk analysis in key emerging markets within Africa and the Caribbean.

* FSA Corporation ( formerly Freedman, Sharp, and Associates ), a software firm acquired by McAfee Associates in 1996

Founded in 1965 and based in Carson City, Nevada, the firm came under scrutiny by state safety officials after a fatal accident in 1985, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July bankrupt in July 1996.

Since 1996, Falstein has been president of The Inspiracy, a consulting firm specializing in game design and production for clients on five continents, ranging from corporate training ( Cisco, Microsoft ) to medical education ( Hopelab, Health Media Lab, Medical Cyberworlds ) to entertainment ( LucasArts, Disney, DreamCatcher, Micro Forte ).

In 1996, Cisco Systems acquired the firm for $ 220 million, with Bechtolsheim owning 60 %.

After this, she served as a junior consultant at Bain & Co., a leading strategic consulting firm, during 1993 – 1996 in its Boston office.

The term was later popularized by Rayport in the 1996 Fast Company article " The Virus of Marketing ," and Tim Draper and Steve Jurvetson of the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in 1997 to describe Hotmail's practice of appending advertising to outgoing mail from their users.

After the Goss government lost office in 1996, Rudd was hired as a Senior China Consultant by the accounting firm KPMG Australia.

Until 1996, there were firm plans for the bypass to be upgraded to motorway standard, since shelved.

In 1996, Abramoff and his lobbying firm had as many as 36 contacts with Hasting's office, resulting in as many as 85. 57 billed hours regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Lord Hunt was senior partner at the national law firm Beachcroft Wansbroughs ( now Beachcroft LLP ) between 1996 and 2005.

In 1996, Kughn sold a majority interest to Wellspring Partners LLD, a Chicago-based national turnaround firm headed by Martin Davis.

After briefly working for a San Francisco advertising firm, she toured the country pursuing a comedy career before finally moving to Los Angeles, in 1996.

It was popular in Spain throughout its production life, but was less popular on export markets ( where the Fiat version was firm favourite ) and by 1996, exports had mostly finished.

Bay and Wyndcrest Holdings, a Florida-based investment firm, acquired the digital effects company Digital Domain from James Cameron and Stan Winston in 1996, infusing the struggling business with a $ 50 million dollar investment.

In 1996, after many years as a publicly traded firm, GEICO became a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.

In 1996, New Jersey Transit awarded a " DBOM " ( design / build / operate / maintain ) contract to the 21st Century Rail Corporation, a subsidiary of Washington Group International, an engineering and construction consulting firm later acquired by URS.

Sindhu started the company in February 1996 with $ 200, 000 in seed money from powerful venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the deal led by Vinod Khosla.

Ultimately, the firm also created a SuperCard browser plugin called " Roadster " in 1996 to run " projects " — the SuperCard version of stacks.

In 1996, his firm was awarded the Exceptional Contribution to Legal Services Award by Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma.

In 1996 Borland acquired Open Environment Corp ( OEC ), a Cambridge based company founded by John J. Donovan.

* Ruby-Spears ( some properties licensed 1987, some properties acquired 1996 )

The original handwritten proclamation signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison, that informed the American public of the landmark deal of the Louisiana Purchase, was acquired in 1996 by Walter Scott Jr. of Omaha, Nebraska, who holds it in his private collection.

From 1979 to 2010, Mazda had a partnership with the Ford Motor Company, who acquired a 7 % stake in 1979 and by 1996, owned 33. 3 % of Mazda.

In 1996, FutureSplash was acquired by Macromedia and released as Flash, contracting " Future " and " Splash ".

Barred from film-making by prior anti-trust rulings, he acquired the struggling ABC television network in February 1953, leading it first to financial health, and eventually, in the mid-1970s, to first place in the national Nielsen ratings, before selling out to Capital Cities in 1985 ( Capital Cities would eventually sell out, in turn, to the Walt Disney organization in 1996 ).

In 1996, Philips acquired source code rights from CDMATICS.

In 1996 the Union Pacific acquired the Southern Pacific.

Following an announcement on December 20, 1996, on February 4, 1997, Apple Computer acquired NeXT for $ 429 million, and used the OPENSTEP for Mach operating system as the basis for OS X.

With a sports division now established with the arrival of the NFL, Fox acquired over-air broadcast rights to the National Hockey League ( 1994 – 99 ), Major League Baseball ( since 1996 ), and NASCAR auto racing ( since 2001 ).

Under the terms of the deals, if the Yeltsin government did not repay the loans by September 1996, the lender acquired title to the stock and could then resell it or take an equity position in the enterprise.

* PyroTechnix, founded as Computer Presentation, acquired February 1996, closed in 1999.

* Headgate Studios in Bountiful, Utah, founded in 1992, acquired April 1996, sold to original owner in 1999.

* Synergistic Studios, founded in 1978, acquired in 1996, studio closed in 1999.

In 1996, The Walt Disney Company acquired Capital Cities / ABC, and renamed the broadcasting group ABC, Inc., although the network continues to also use American Broadcasting Companies, such as on TV productions it owns.

In 1996 PACCAR acquired DAF Trucks.

During the 1996 off-season, the Lakers acquired 17-year-old Kobe Bryant from the Charlotte Hornets for Vlade Divac ; Bryant was drafted 13th overall out of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania in that years draft, by Charlotte.

In 1996, Morgan Stanley acquired Van Kampen American Capital.

USD in 1996, Marconi Electronic Systems, a subsidiary of General Electric, was acquired by British Aerospace for 12. 9 bil.

In December 1996, the parallel software development business was acquired by Sun Microsystems, forming the basis of Sun's entry into High Performance Computing.

The company was acquired by L ' Oréal in 1996.

Virgin acquired European short-haul airline Euro Belgian Airlines in 1996 and renamed it Virgin Express.

In 1996 the Norwegian conglomerate Kværner acquired Trafalgar House, and attempted to sell Cunard.

In 1995, West Midlands Travel, the formerly municipally-owned bus network of Birmingham and the West Midlands, was acquired and renamed Travel West Midlands in September 1996.

In 1996 the group acquired its first UK rail franchises, Gatwick Express and Midland Mainline.