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In most other respects, however, Temasek operates as an independent commercial investment holding company. [20] In a 2009 speech, [21] Ho Ching, then Temasek Holdings' Executive Director and CEO, said that the company had made an effort to instill discipline and professionalism, and to be tested and measured by providing public markers of ...
Bank of America Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust) was founded in 1853 as the United States Trust Company of New York. [1] It operated independently until 2000, when it was acquired by Charles Schwab, and Co. [2] and subsequently sold to, and became a subsidiary of, Bank of America in 2007. [3]
Unum Group is an American insurance company headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded as Union Mutual in 1848 and known as UnumProvident from 1999-2007. [ 2 ] The company is part of the Fortune 500 . [ 3 ]
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, [9] and a 12% ownership investment by Bank of America through its brokerage subsidiary Merrill Lynch.
In 1952, Starr began to focus on the American market by acquiring Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company and its subsidiary, American Home Fire Assurance Company. [26] By the end of the decade, C.V. Starr's general and life insurance organization included an extensive network of agents and offices in over 75 countries. [26]
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. is a Japanese financial services company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI), which forms part of the Nomura Group. It plays a central role in the securities business, the group's core business.
The South Sea Company (officially: The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America and for the encouragement of the Fishery) [3] was a British joint-stock company founded in January 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt.