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2. List of companies based in Omaha - Wikipedia

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   Companies formerly based in Omaha. Bekins Van Lines, Inc. – once the largest moving company in the country, no longer based in Omaha; ConAgra Foods – Fortune 500 company, it is one of the country's largest packaged foods makers; no longer headquartered in Omaha; Enron – former Fortune 500 company, declared bankruptcy amid corruption scandal.

3. Economy of Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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   The economy of Omaha, Nebraska is linked to the city's status as a major commercial hub in the Midwestern United States since its founding in 1854. Dubbed the "Motor Mouth City" by The New York Times, [1] Omaha is widely regarded as the telecommunications capital of the United States. The city's economy includes agriculture, food processing ...

4. Kiewit Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Kiewit Corporation is an American privately held construction company based in Omaha, Nebraska founded in 1884. In 2021, it was ranked 243rd on the Fortune 500. [2] Privately held, it is one of the largest construction and engineering organizations in North America. [4] It is an employee-owned company.

5. List of historic companies in Omaha - Wikipedia

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   Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller 's Omaha Herald in 1889. Peter Kiewit Sons. 1884. Packaging Corporation of America. 1959. Physician's Mutual Insurance Company. 1902. Founded by Edwin E. Elliott.

6. Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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   Omaha (/ ˈ oʊ m ə h ɑː / OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River.

7. History of Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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   The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian Country, William D. Brown was operating the Lone Tree Ferry to bring settlers from Council Bluffs to Omaha.