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2016 mergers and acquisitions
- Talen EnergyTalen Energy Corporation emerged from the competitive power generation business of PPL Corporation in 2015. The company was formed when this business unit…
- MiramaxHarvey and Bob Weinstein opened their first office in Buffalo, New York, during 1979. They named the company Miramax by combining the names of their parents…
- Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipThe first Ultimate Fighting Championship event took place on the 12th of November 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado.
- MyspaceOn the 1st of August 2003, a group of employees from eUniverse launched MySpace in just ten days. Brad Greenspan oversaw the project while Chris DeWolfe…
- Rotten TomatoesThe website launched on the 12th of August 1998 as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. He was an undergraduate student at the University of California…
- LinkedInReid Hoffman and Eric Ly launched LinkedIn on the 5th of May 2003 from Mountain View, California. The platform began with a small founding team drawn from…
- Ebony (magazine)Ebony magazine arrived on newsstands in Chicago on the 1st of November 1945. John H. Johnson launched the publication with a press run of just 25,000 copies.
- Fairmont Hotels & ResortsThe Mount Stephen House opened in 1887 as one of the first hotels operated by Canadian Pacific Hotels. This structure sat along the rail lines of the…
- NBCUniversal Entertainment JapanPioneer Corporation founded the LaserDisc Corporation in March 1981 to produce LaserDisc players in Japan. The company began as a hardware manufacturer…