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Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1995 Employees: 3,550 Sales:$851 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: CVAN NAIC: 322121 Paper (Except Newsprint) Mills Company Perspectives: Crown Vantage's strategic focus is to develop, manufacture and market printing, publishing and...

Crown Media Holdings,Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWN) is a United States media production company with corporate headquarters located in Studio City, California, and is controlled by Hallmark Cards. Crown Media operates the Hallmark Channel and its spin-off Hallmark Movie Channel in the United States, while...

Crown Equipment Corporation A privately held, family-owned U.S. company, Crown Equipment Corporation is the fourth largest[1] manufacturer of powered industrial forklift trucks in the world. According to industry reports, Crown had $1.6 billion[2] in worldwide sales revenue for fiscal year...

Crown Crafts is an American bedding company based in Gonzales, Louisiana. In 2005, it licensed the Sesame Beginnings brand for some products. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1957 as Janyjo, Inc. Employees: 2,148 Sales: $211 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 2211...

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Crown Central Petroleum, commonly known as Crown, is an American Oil Company that has flourished in Baltimore since the early 20th century until its recent decline due to rebranding. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1923 as United Central Oil Corporation Employees: 3,894 Sales...

Crown Books was a bookseller based in Largo, Maryland. It was founded in the Washington, D.C., metro area by Robert Haft in 1977. Crown Books (retail) is of no relation to Crown Books (publisher), although the former carried inventory from the latter. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated...

Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1909 Employees: 1,300 Sales: $105.9 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: American SICs: 5311 Department Stores Company Perspectives: "We cannot accept anything less than first-rate performance in merchandising, operations, in the training of our people and...

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Crompton Corporation, (formerly Crompton and Knowles), is a chemical research, production, sales and distribution company headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut. The company produces specialty chemicals used for polymers, fire suppressants and retardants, pool and spa water purification...

Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1904 as Fábrica Nacional de Vidrios Employees: 711 Sales: CLP 169.7 billion ($283 million) (2003) Stock Exchanges: Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago New York Ticker Symbol: Cristales; CGW NAIC: 327213 Glass Container Manufacturing; 326160 Plastics Bottle...

Creative Technology Limited (SGX: C76) is a listed manufacturer of computer multimedia products based in Singapore, where the firm was founded by, and has been under the executive direction of, Sim Wong Hoo since July 1, 1981. It has more than 5,000 employees worldwide. The American subsidiary...

Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1942 Employees: 1,405 Stock Exchanges: Paris SICs: 6021 National Commercial Banks Company History: Crédit National S.A. is a French commercial bank specializing in medium and long-term financing for French businesses. Unable to accept deposits, the...

Cowles Media Company (1935 to 1998) was a newspaper, magazine and information publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The company operated Cowles Business Media, Cowles Creative Publishing and Cowles Enthusiast Media units. The McClatchy Company purchased Cowles...

Statistics: Public Company Incorporated:1936 Employees: 245 Sales: ARS 71.95 million ($25.97 million) (2003) Stock Exchanges: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires NASDAQ Ticker Symbols: CRES; CRESY NAIC: 111110 Soybean Farming; 111120 Oilseed (Except Soybean) Farming; 111140 Wheat Farming; 111150...

Creo, now part of Eastman Kodak Company, was a Burnaby, British Columbia Canada-based company involved in imaging and software technology for computer to plate and digital printing[1]. The name derives from the Latin creo, "I create." Creo was acquired by Kodak on January 31, 2005. Like its...

Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1966 as Inalca S.p.A. Employees: 4,850 Sales: EUR 1.59 billion ($1.6 billion) (2002) Stock Exchanges: Milan Ticker Symbol: CRM NAIC: 311611 Animal (Except Poultry) Slaughtering; 424470 Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers; 722110 Full-Service...

Cree Inc. [2] is a Durham, North Carolina based, American corporation which manufactures semiconductor materials and devices. It was formed in 1987 by researchers from North Carolina State University. Cree's high-power LEDs, XLamp 7090 XR-E Q4 Some operations were transferred to Hong Kong due...

The Credit Suisse Group AG (SIX: CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. Credit Suisse was founded by Alfred Escher in 1856 under the name Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA, Swiss Credit Institution). The bank is organized into three divisions...

Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1972 Employees: 406 Sales: $85.08 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6141 Personal Credit Institutions; 6153 Short-Term Business Credit Company History: Credit Acceptance Corporation is a pioneer provider of a range of credit financing services to...