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  2. History of corporate law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey followed New York's lead in 1816, when it enacted its first corporate law. [3] In 1837, Connecticut adopted a general corporation statute that allowed for the incorporation of any corporation engaged in any lawful business. [3] Delaware did not enact its first corporation law until 1883.

  3. Corporate headquarters - Wikipedia

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    Corporate headquarters is the part of a corporate structure that deals with tasks such as strategic planning, corporate communications, taxes, law, books of record, marketing, finance, human resources, and information technology. [4] [5] Corporate headquarters takes responsibility for the overall success of the corporation and ensures corporate ...

  4. Timeline of the history of the United States (1990–2009)

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    Presidency of George H. W. Bush. 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launches during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission. 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq. 1991 — The World Wide Web publicly debuts as an Internet ...

  5. Verizon - Wikipedia

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    Verizon Communications Inc., commonly known as Verizon ( / vəˈraɪzən / və-RYE-zən ), is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate. The company is incorporated in Delaware, and headquartered at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [3] Verizon's capital stock is a component of the Dow Jones ...

  6. Corporate raid - Wikipedia

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    Corporate raid. In business, a corporate raid is the process of buying a large stake in a corporation and then using shareholder voting rights to require the company to undertake novel measures designed to increase the share value, generally in opposition to the desires and practices of the corporation's current management.

  7. AOL - Wikipedia

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    AOL. Yahoo! Inc. (2021–present) AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online [1]) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET.

  8. United Service Organizations - Wikipedia

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    www.uso.org. The United Service Organizations Inc. ( USO) is an American nonprofit-charitable corporation that provides live entertainment, such as comedians, actors and musicians, social facilities, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department ...

  9. Executive compensation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1990s, CEO compensation in the U.S. has outpaced corporate profits, economic growth and the average compensation of all workers. Between 1980 and 2004, Mutual Fund founder John Bogle estimates total CEO compensation grew 8.5 per cent/year compared to corporate profit growth of 2.9 per cent/year and per capita income growth of 3.1 per ...