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Burda Holding GmbH.

Boatmen's Bancshares Inc.

The Associated Press (AP) describes itself as the largest newsgathering organization in the world.

Société du Louvre does not run that Paris museum, but its properties are almost as distinguished.

Publisher of The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc.

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company is a prominent regional and specialty beer brewer.

Southam Inc.

Heidelberger Zement AG is one of the world's five largest producers of construction materials.

For more than 100 years, Vorwerk & Co.

The Times Mirror Company ranks among the top five newspaper companies in the United States.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

The Washington Post Company and its subsidiaries are leaders in the news and communications media industry.

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Owner and operator of one of the last independent and locally owned metropolitan newspapers in the United States, the…

Herman Goelitz, Inc.

The King Arthur Flour Company celebrates its 210th anniversary in the year 2000.

Blue Diamond Growers is the world's largest tree nut marketer and also ranks as one of the largest agricultural…

Hartmarx Corporation is a holding company for a number of clothing companies, including its flagship brands of men's…

The Lane Co., Inc.

Schott Brothers, Inc.

Lutheran Brotherhood is the second-largest fraternal benefit society in the United States.

Shionogi & Co., Ltd., ranks among Japan's leading developers, producers, and exporters of pharmaceuticals.

Zatarain's, Inc., is a leading producer of rice mixes.

Family owned and operated, Advance Publications Inc.

Weis Markets, Inc.

Rayonier Inc.

Owned and operated by the namesake Copley family, The Copley Press, Inc.

AMETEK, Inc.

McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.

Porsche AG is legendary for its innovative and beautiful automobile designs.

Value Line, Inc.

Besnier SA is France's largest dairy products producer and one of the largest dairy products producers in Europe.

Central Newspapers, Inc.

Until the late 1990s, Cowles Media Company stood as one of the nation's leading independent newspaper publishers.

World's Finest Chocolate Inc.

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Kaman Corp.

Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc., is the leading manufacturer of built-in refrigerators, which can be fronted with cabinetry…

Established in 1946 by James H.

Iams Company is a manufacturer of premium dog and cat foods which are distributed only through veterinarians, animal…

Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.

Cumberland Packing Corporation is a relatively small, family-run business, yet it has been a major player in the…

Dal-Tile International Inc.

Although it got its start selling auto replacement parts, Johnston Industries, Inc.

Consorcio G Grupo Dina , S.A.

Bayer A.G., along with BASF and Hoechst, is heir to the German chemical cartel known as I.G.

Since the 1950s, the San Diego-based WD-40 Company has dominated the U.S.

Dover Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturing holding company composed of about 50 subsidiaries with…

John Fairfax Holdings Limited is the holding company for an Australian publishing enterprise established more than 150…

Of Argentina's ten automakers, almost all are closely held subsidiaries or affiliates of their American, European, or…

The June 1997 fusion of Filipacchi Medias S.A.

With ten domestic plants and nearly 20,000 employees, Tatung Co.

Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery, Inc.

Maxwell Communication Corporation plc (MCC) was formerly one of the world's ten largest media groups, with interests in…

National Picture & Frame Company is a major designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide variety of low-priced…

The Netherlands' publishing group VNU N.V.

Ruth's Chris Steak House is an international chain of upscale restaurants.

Founded in Berkeley, California, in the mid-1960s, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.

Ceradyne, Inc.

One of the most profitable media communications companies in the United States, Multimedia, Inc.

Offshore Logistics, Inc., with headquarters in Lafayette, Louisiana, provides a variety of services to the petroleum…

Desc, S.A.

News America Publishing Inc.

The Yankee Candle Company Inc.

The Summit Bancorporation is the holding company for Summit Bank, New Jersey's fourth largest bank.

The second largest producer and distributor of radio programs in the United States, Westwood One, Inc.

: 212234 Copper Ore & Nickel Ore Mining; 331411 Primary Smelting & Refining of Copper Ore The state-owned Corporacion…

The Really Useful Group is the umbrella corporation over a welter of entertainment and leisure companies that operate…

Affiliated Publications, Inc., is the owner and operator of The Boston Globe, the principal newspaper of the Boston…

Riklis Family Corp.

In the mid-1990s Nimbus CD International, Inc.

Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus pioneered the concept of 'micro-credit'--minuscule loans to the very poor.

Founded in 1983, Altera Corporation is a leading maker of high-density programmable logic devices (PLDs), based on…

Based in San Jose, California, Novellus Systems, Inc.

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.

American Classic Voyages Company is parent company to two pleasure cruise companies, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company,…

Over the course of its more than 50 years in business, Axel Springer Verlag AG has evolved from a publisher of local…

Brightpoint, Inc.

Primedia Inc.

Rooms To Go Inc., a low- to mid-priced furniture store chain, has rapidly expanded to more than 60 stores since opening…

Orkla A/S is the largest branded consumer goods group and food and beverage producer in Scandinavia and one of the five…

Footstar, Incorporated is a holding company whose two subsidiaries, Footaction and Meldisco, are leading shoe retailers…

Houston-based Weatherford International, Inc.