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Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAB)(NYSE: VNV), short for "Video & Audio Communications", is a United States-based media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television. As of 2010, it is the world's fourth-largest media conglomerate, behind The Walt...

Washburn is a guitar brand owned by the US Music Corporation of Chicago, IL. The brand was first used in 1888 by the Lyon & Healy Company, also of Chicago. Dubailand: Dubailand part of Duabi Holding, is an entertainment complex under development in Dubai. Construction of Dubailand has been...

The Wahl Clipper Corporation, based in Sterling, Illinois, manufactures grooming products for humans and other animals. The company was founded on the strength of Leo J. Wahl's patent for an electromagnetic hair clipper in 1919. In 1965 Wahl introduced the first vacuum clipper, which allowed a...

Vulcan Corporation is a materials manufacturer that specializes in rubber, plastics, foam products, and bowling pins. Vulcan Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vulcan International Corporation, based in Wilmington, Delaware. The General Accounting Offices of Vulcan are located in...

Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) is a foods supermarket chain based in Austin, Texas which emphasizes "natural" and organic products. As of September 2009, the company operates 302 stores: 291 stores in 38 U.S. states and the District of Columbia; six stores in Canada; and five stores in the...

Vocera, Inc. is a wireless communications company headquartered in San Jose, California. It specializes in network-based software systems that provide voice communication for mobile personnel in hospital, retail, hospitality, government, manufacturing and other in-building environments with a...

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is a company providing virtualization software[1][2][3] founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. It is majority owned by EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC). VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while VMware's enterprise...

Vivitar Corporation was a manufacturer, distributor and marketer of photographic and optical equipment originally based in Oxnard, California. Since 2008 the Vivitar name serves as Sakar International's photographic and optical equipment brand. Dubai Waterfront: The Dubai Waterfront is...

Visa Inc. (pronunciation: /ˈviːzə/; NYSE: V) is a global payments technology company headquartered in 595 Market Street in San Francisco, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit card and debit cards.[2] Visa does not...

Winnebago Industries Inc., (NYSE: WGO), is a manufacturer of motor homes, a type of recreational vehicle or RV, in the United States. It is based in Forest City, Iowa. In today’s world of multi-cultural influences, diverse ethnicity and conflicting social agendas, how do you develop a marketing...

Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is the largest mobile telecommunications network and wireless phone provider in the United States. The network has 102.2 million subscribers as of Q4 2010,[1] ahead of the second largest carrier, AT&T Mobility, which had 95.5 million...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ, NASDAQ: VZ) is a global broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It started in 1983 as Bell Atlantic (based in Philadelphia) with a footprint covering New Jersey to Virginia and NYNEX (based in New York...

Vectren Corporation NYSE: VVC is an energy holding company headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. The company provides gas and electricity to nearly one million customers in Indiana and Ohio. It is a Fortune 1000 company with $4.3 billion in assets.[1 Market Entry Despite the opportunities in...

:SugarwareZ-045:Vizio is a privately-held producer of consumer electronics, based in Irvine, California, USA. It was founded in October 2002 as V Inc.[2] Vizio's major partner in the consumer electronics arena is AmTran Technology, a Taiwan-based OEM/ODM that manufactures more than half of the...

Viz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as Viz LLC. In 2005, Viz LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current Viz Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha...

Marketing Research of Wizards of the Coast : Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, the company popularized the collectible...

ViewSonic Corporation is a manufacturer and provider of visual technology, specifically CRT monitors, liquid crystal displays, projectors, plasma displays, HDTV technology, and mobile products,including Mini & All in One PCs and wireless monitors. The privately held company has approximately $1...

Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear, lingerie and beauty products.[2] It is the largest segment of publicly-traded Limited Brands with sales of over US$5 billion and an operating income of $1 billion in 2006.[2] Victoria's Secret is known for its annual fashion show, the...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company with activities spanning the length of the pharmaceutical product pipeline, from target identification through to clinical trials and marketing. Most of its activity has been in collaboration with much larger pharmaceutical firms, though some of...

Verbatim Americas, LLC is a US company that markets storage media and flash memory products. It is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation of Japan and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Youth culture is evolving faster than ever. To engage effectively with the young...