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Macy’s

Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid- to high-range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States as of January 30, 2010. It also has eSpot ZoomShops kiosks in over 300 store locations selling consumer electronics.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 2:15 am, 198 views

Magna International

Magna International Inc. is a global automotive supplier headquartered in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is North America's largest automobile parts manufacturer, and one of Canada's largest companies. Its operating groups include Magna Steyr, Magna Powertrain, Magna Exteriors and Interiors, Magna Seating, Magna Closures, Magna Mirrors, Magna Electronics and Cosma International. Magna’s capabilities include the design, engineering, testing and manufacture of exterior systems, interior systems, seating systems, closure systems, vision systems, powertrain systems, electronic systems, roof systems, body & chassis systems, hybrid & electric vehicle systems, and vehicle engineering & contract assembly. Magna manufactures auto parts that are primarily supplied to General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler LLC. In addition to the Big 3 U.S. automakers, Magna's major customers include Volkswagen, BMW and Toyota. In Europe, Magna Steyr holds contracts for the assembly of the Peugeot RCZ, Aston Martin Rapide and Mini Countryman. Magna has approximately 108,000 employees in 286 manufacturing operations and 88 product development, engineering and sales centres in 26 countries.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 2:16 am, 100 views

Manulife Financial

Manulife Financial is a leading Canada-based financial services group with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States. The company offers individual life insurance, group life and health insurance, long-term care services, pension products, annuities, mutual funds and banking products. It provides asset management services to institutional customers worldwide and offer reinsurance solutions, specializing in property and casualty retrocession. The Company operates in Canada and Asia through the brand name “Manulife Financial” and in the United States primarily through the brand name “John Hancock“. The Company has one of the most extensive Asian operations of any life insurance company in the world with over 3,000 employees and almost 25,000 agents serving 4 ½ million customers. In April 2004, Manulife Financial Corporation merged with American financial services giant John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. in the largest cross-border transaction in Canadian history -- making Manulife today the largest life insurance company in North America.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 2:17 am, 108 views

Mapfre Group

Mapfre is a Spanish insurance company, based in Majadahonda, Madrid. It is the leading insurance company in Spain and the largest non-life insurance company in Latin America. The company is focused mainly in Spain, Europe and Latin America and it also has a presence in the U.S. and Turkey among other countries. In Spain, activities also involve Investment Funds, Pension Funds and Pension Plans management, and other business services. The company employs 34, 390 people (11,046 in Spain and 23,344 in other countries).
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 2:19 am, 104 views

Marathon Oil

Marathon Oil Corporation is a United States-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Principal exploration activities are in the United States, Norway, Equatorial Guinea, Poland, Angola and Iraqi Kurdistan. Principal production activities are in the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Equatorial Guinea. Within the United States, Marathon Oil has recently focused development efforts on liquids-rich shale plays, including the Bakken and Eagle Ford formations. Marathon Oil owns interests developing Athabasca oil sands (Canada) resources and in Waha Oil Company (Libya). Marathon's headquarters facility is the Marathon Oil Tower in Houston, Texas.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 2:20 am, 90 views

Marubeni

Marubeni Corporation is a Japanese trading company, one of the largest general trading companies in Japan. Marubeni is involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors. These areas encompass importing and exporting, as well as transactions in the Japanese market, related to food materials, food products, textiles, materials, pulp and paper, chemicals, energy, metals and mineral resources, transportation machinery, and includes offshore trading. The Company's activities also extend to power projects and infrastructure, plants and industrial machinery, finance, logistics and information industry, and real estate development and construction. Additionally, Marubeni conducts business investment, development and management on a global level.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 2:21 am, 104 views

Maruhan

Maruhan Co., Ltd. operates entertainment facilities. It operates facilities, such as pachinko parlors, bowling alleys, golf driving ranges, amusement facilities, cinemas, and other leisure-related business. Maruhan Co., Ltd. is based in Kyoto, Japan
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 2:23 am, 121 views

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) is a leading mutual life insurance company with 1800 offices and 13 million clients worldwide. Mass Mutual is one of the largest Life Insurance companies globally. The Company has revenues of about $25 Billion (2010) with Assets under Management at $448 Billion (2010). With whole life insurance as its foundation, MassMutual provides products to help meet the financial needs of clients, such as life insurance, disability income insurance, long term care insurance, retirement/401(k) plan services, and annuities. In addition, the company’s strong and growing network of financial professionals helps clients make good financial decisions for the long-term. MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing name for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and its affiliated companies and sales representatives. MassMutual is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts and its major affiliates include: Babson Capital Management LLC; Baring Asset Management Limited; Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; Skylight Financial Group; The First Mercantile Trust Company; MassMutual International LLC; MML Investors Services, Inc., member FINRA and SIPC; OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; and The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:18 am, 87 views

Mazda Motor

Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan that manufactures and sells automobiles, trucks, auto parts, and its accessories. The Company operates its business worldwide. In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:22 am, 110 views

McDonald’s

McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The corporation's revenues come from the rent, royalties and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, shakes and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, wraps, smoothies and fruit.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:23 am, 102 views

McKesson

McKesson Corporation is the largest pharmaceuticals company in the world, which provides medicines, pharmaceutical supplies, information and care management products and services across the healthcare industry. McKesson is based in the United States and distributes health care systems, medical supplies and pharmaceutical products. Additionally, McKesson provides extensive network infrastructure for the health care industry. It is the 15th largest company in the United States. In addition to its offices throughout North America, McKesson also has international offices in Australia, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Today, McKesson is one of the oldest continually operating businesses in the United States.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 26, 2012 8:19 am, 101 views

Medco Health Solutions

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. is an American managed health care company currently serving the needs of more than 65 million people. Medco provides pharmacy services for private and public employers, health plans, labor unions, government agencies, and individuals served by Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:30 am, 112 views

Medipal Holdings

Medipal Holdings Corporation is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the wholesale of pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and daily miscellaneous goods. The Company has three business segments. The Ethical Pharmaceutical Wholesale segment is involved in the wholesale of pharmaceutical products, medical equipment and test reagents. The Cosmetics, Daily Product and General Medicine Wholesale segment is engaged in the wholesale of cosmetics, daily miscellaneous goods and general pharmaceuticals. The Related Business segment is involved in the wholesale of veterinary products, the operation of facilities, the provision of cleaning services and medical business consulting services, the management and operation of logistics centers, the transportation business, the provision of manpower dispatching services, the life and non-life insurance agency businesses, as well as the sale of medical consumer products and the support of overseas educational seminars.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:29 am, 102 views

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:29 am, 114 views

Merck

Merck & Co., Inc. dba Merck Sharp & Dohme, MSD outside the United States and Canada, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Merck headquarters is located in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. It is currently one of the World's seven largest pharmaceutical companies by market capitalization and revenue. Merck describes itself as "a global research-driven pharmaceutical company" that "discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of innovative products to improve human and animal health, directly and through its joint ventures".
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:36 am, 311 views

MetLife

MetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, or MetLife, for short, and its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, with 90 million customers in over 60 countries. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia’s Pacific region, Europe, and the Middle East. MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States and serves 90 of the largest Fortune 500 companies.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:36 am, 108 views

Metro

Metro AG is a diversified retail and wholesale/cash and carry group based in Düsseldorf, Germany. It has the largest market share in its home market, and is one of the most globalised retail and wholesale corporations. It is the fourth-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues. Metro is present in Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom; Asia: Azerbaijan, China, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam; Africa: Egypt, Morocco. The company is also planning to expand its operations in Algeria, Pakistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Afghanistan.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:36 am, 114 views

Michelin

Michelin is a tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It is world’s largest tyre manufacturers in the world with 14.8% share of the global market in 2011 (184 million tires produced) It is the N° 1 in the world in high-performance tires for cars, N° 1 in the world in fuel-efficient tires, N° 1 in the world in radial tires and N° 1 in the world in retreading. Michelin produces tyres in France, Spain, Germany, the USA, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, Italy and several other countries (69 production facilities in 18 countries on December 31, 2011) and has marketing operations in more than 170 countries. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal (in North America) tyre brands. Michelin employs 115,000 people.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:43 am, 103 views

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. For the 2010 fiscal year, Microsoft had five product divisions: Windows & Windows Live Division, Server and Tools, Online Services Division, Microsoft Business Division, and Entertainment and Devices Division. Microsoft’s focus on strengthening global operations reflects its growing international presence and its commitment to operate as a local company in each country where it does business. Through local alliances with many governments, educational institutions and international organizations, Microsoft works around the world to promote social and economic development and expand access to technology and related skills.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:43 am, 258 views

Migros Group

Migros is one of Switzerland's largest enterprises, its largest supermarket chain and largest employer. Ten regional-based Migros cooperatives, Migros-owned Globus dept stores and the Discounter Denner are active in retail business. Regional cooperatives run over 610 stores.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:43 am, 101 views

Mitsubishi

The Mitsubishi Group (also known as the Mitsubishi Group of Companies or Mitsubishi Companies) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate comprising a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy. Mitsubishi Corporation is a Japan-based general trading company with over 200 bases of operations in approximately 80 countries around the world. The Company has six Business Groups: Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development; Energy; Metals; Machinery; Chemicals, and Living Essentials. In addition to these six Business Groups, the Company has two Groups: the Business Service Group and the Global Environment Business Development Group. Through these organizations and more than 500 subsidiaries and affiliates, MC serves customers around the world in various industries.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:48 am, 104 views

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation is a Japan-based holding company. Through its subsidiaries and associated companies, the Company is engaged in six business segments. The Electronics Applications segment offers recording materials, electronics-related products and information materials, among others. The Designed Materials segment offers functional food materials, battery materials, precision chemicals, processed resin products, compound materials, inorganic chemicals and chemical fiber, among others. The Health Care segment offers pharmaceuticals, diagnosis products and clinical inspection services, among others. The Chemicals segment provides basic chemicals, compound chemicals, synthetic fiber raw materials and carbon products, among others. The Polymers segment offers synthetic resins. The Others segment is engaged in engineering, transportation and storage businesses. The Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group supports our customers by delivering internationally competitive products produced with advanced technologies nurtured in the Group.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:48 am, 107 views

Mitsubishi Electric

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. Mitsubishi Electric manufactures electric and architectural equipment, as well as a major worldwide producer of photovoltaic panels. In the United States, products are manufactured and sold by Mitsubishi Electric US Holdings, Inc. headquartered in Cypress, California.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:48 am, 122 views

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2010 it was the sixth largest Japan-based automaker and the sixteenth largest in the world, measured by production. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:54 am, 106 views

Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2010 it was the sixth largest Japan-based automaker and the sixteenth largest in the world, measured by production. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:54 am, 112 views

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is a Japanese bank holding / financial services company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It holds assets of around US$2.4 trillion as of March 2010 and is one of the main companies of the Mitsubishi Group. It is Japan's largest financial group and the world's second largest bank holding company holding around US$1.6 trillion (JPY 135 trillion) in deposits as of March 2010.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:54 am, 132 views

Mitsui

Mitsui Group is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. Mizuho Financial Group Companies currently associated with the Mitsui family include Mitsui & Co., Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Japan Steel Works, Mitsui Chemicals, Mitsui Construction Co., Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsui-gold, Mitsui Mining & Smelting, Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. (MOECO), Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd., Mitsui Petrochemical Industries Ltd, Mitsui-Soko, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, Oji Paper Company, Pacific Coast Recycling, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Taiheiyo Cement, Toray Industries, Toshiba Corporation, Tri-net Logistics Management, Mitsui Commodity Risk Management [MCRM]. Mitsui Group also has substantial interest in Vale and Caemi Mineração e Metalurgia, which owns 70% of Minerações Brasileiras Reunidas (MBR).
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:56 am, 111 views

Mol Hungarian Oil & Gas

MOL Group (MOL Nyrt.) is an integrated oil and gas group in Hungary. In addition to Hungary, the company is present in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, as also in the CIS countries, with interests in exploration, production, refining, marketing and petrochemicals. MOL employs over 34,000 people internationally and it is a market leader in Hungary and Slovakia. It is the second largest company in Central and Eastern Europe. MOL operates five refineries in Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and Italy. MOL's filling stations amounted to more than 1,000 in ten countries at the end of 2008. MOL's petrochemical division is one of the largest polymer producer in Central Europe, operated in full integration with MOL's Refining and Marketing division. Its products are sold in more than 40 countries. For the natural gas division, the main focus is gas transmission via an extensive high pressure gas pipeline, which length exceeds 5,300 kilometres (3,300 mi). MOL is a member of the Nabucco Pipeline project. In the field of renewable energy MOL develops geothermal power production through the, CEGE Central European Geothermal Energy Production, a partnership with Australian-based Green Rock Energy Limited.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:57 am, 134 views

Monsanto

Monsanto along with its subsidiaries is a leading global provider of agricultural products for farmers. Our seeds, biotechnology trait products and herbicide provide farmers with solutions that improve productivity, reduce the costs of farming, and produce better foods for consumers and better feed for animals.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, March 24, 2012 5:01 am, 200 views

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City that, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides securities products and services to customers including corporations, government, financial institutions and individuals. The company operates in three business segments: Institutional Securities, Global Wealth Management Group, and Asset Management. Morgan Stanley operates in 42 countries, and has more than 1300 offices and 60,000 employees.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 7:59 am, 113 views

Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions, Inc. is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider that succeeded Motorola Inc. following the spin-off of the mobile phones division into Motorola Mobility in 2011. The company is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Motorola Solutions is composed of the Government, Public Safety and Enterprise Mobility Solutions divisions of the former Motorola, Inc. The company is structured into two divisions: Enterprise: Comprises communications offered to government enterprise mobility business. Motorola develops advanced data capture, wireless infrastructure, bar code scanning, two-way radios and business pagers, wireless broadband networks and RFID solutions to customers worldwide; Government: Produces public safety and government products. Motorola develops analog and digital two-way radio, voice and data communications products and systems, Wireless LAN Securities and mobile computing, among others.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:00 am, 89 views

MS &AD Insurance Group Holdings

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. is a Japan-based holding company. Through its subsidiaries and associated companies, the Company operates four business segments in both domestic and overseas markets (300 offices in over 40 countries). The Domestic Non-Life Insurance segment is engaged in non-life insurance businesses. The Domestic Life Insurance segment is engaged in the life insurance businesses. The Overseas segment is engaged in the overseas related businesses. The Financial Service and Risk Related segment is involved in two divisions. The financial service division is engaged in the asset management, financial security, 401 k, alternative risk transfer (ART), personal loan and venture capital businesses. The risk related service division is engaged in the risk management, nursing care and asset evaluation businesses, among others. As of March 31, 2011, the Company had 121 subsidiaries and 28 associated companies.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:01 am, 112 views

Munich Re Group

Munich Re Group (Munich Reinsurance Company, is a reinsurance company based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the world’s leading reinsurers. ERGO, a Munich Re subsidiary, is the Group’s primary insurance arm. In February 2010, U.S. investor Warren Buffett became Munich Re's largest single shareholder with 10.2 percent of the company.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:03 am, 123 views

Murphy Oil

Murphy Oil Corporation is an international oil and gas company that conducts business through various operating subsidiaries. Murphy produces oil and/or natural gas in the United States, Canada, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Republic of the Congo and conducts exploration activities worldwide. Murphy also has an interest in a Canadian synthetic oil operation, owns two petroleum refineries and two ethanol production facilities in the United States and one petroleum refinery in the United Kingdom. The Company operates a growing retail marketing gasoline station chain on the parking lots of Walmart Supercenters and at stand-alone locations in the United States, and also markets petroleum products under various brand names and to unbranded wholesale customers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Murphy Oil Corporation is headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, and has over 8,000 employees worldwide.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:04 am, 97 views

National Australia Bank (NAB)

National Australia Bank (abbreviated NAB) is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation and customers. NAB is ranked 17th largest bank in the world measured by market capitalisation. It operates across 10 countries serving 8.3 million consumer and business banking customers and over 2.3 million wealth management customers. NAB operates 1,808 branches and service centres and 4654 ATMs globally. While NAB operates in several jurisdictions globally, it earns the bulk of its revenue from its Australian operations. The bank owns two retail/commercial banks in the UK, Yorkshire and Clydesdale. In New Zealand it operates BNZ and in the US it owns a small agribusiness focussed bank called Great Western. The Business Banking and Wholesale divisions of NAB have offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Shanghai. These are aimed at servicing the needs of corporate and institutional customers, which include market risk management (e.g. foreign exchange or interest rate hedging), trade finance and bond issuance.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:07 am, 86 views

National Grid

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom and northeastern United States.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:08 am, 102 views

Nationwide

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company & Affiliated Companies is a group of large U.S. insurance and financial services companies based in Columbus, Ohio. Nationwide is one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world, focusing on domestic property and casualty insurance, life insurance and retirement savings, asset management, and strategic investments.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:10 am, 106 views

NEC

NEC Corporation , a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology (IT) and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government. NEC has structured its organization around three principal segments: IT solutions, network solutions and electronic devices. The IT solutions business delivers computing solutions to business enterprises, government and individual customers — in the form of software, hardware and related services. The network solutions business designs and provides broadband network systems, mobile and wireless communications network systems, mobile handsets, broadcast and other systems. NEC's electronic devices business includes semiconductors, displays and other electronic components.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:11 am, 101 views

Nestlé

Nestlé S.A. headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Today, the company operates in 86 countries around the world, and employs over 280,000 people. Nestlé has some 6,000 brands, with a wide range of products across a number of markets, including coffee, , bottled water, milkshakes and other beverages, chocolate, ice cream, breakfast cereals, infant foods, performance and healthcare nutrition, seasonings, soups and sauces , frozen and refrigerated foods, confectionery products , and pet food.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:13 am, 93 views

New York Life Insurance Company

The New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) is one of the largest mutual life-insurance companies in the United States, and one of the largest life insurers in the world, with about $287 billion in total assets under management, and more than $15 billion in surplus . Other New York Life affiliates provide an array of securities products and services, as well as institutional and retail mutual funds.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:14 am, 117 views

News Corporation

News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational diversified mass media corporation headquartered in New York City, United States. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009. News corp's U.S. holdings include Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and Twentieth Century Fox.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:16 am, 105 views
 

Nike

Today we operate in more than 160 countries around the globe. Through our suppliers, shippers, retailers and other service providers, we directly or indirectly employ nearly one million people. That includes more than 35,000 Nike employees across six continents, each of whom make their own contribution to fulfill our mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 4, 2012 4:59 am, 914 views

Nippon Life Insurance

Nippon Life Insurance Company is the second largest Japanese life insurance company. In structure it is a mutual company. The company, which has some 12 million policyholders in Japan, uses a door-to-door sales corps to sell its traditional insurance products, including individual and group life and annuity policies. Nippon Life also sells through agencies and partnerships with financial institutions such as banks. In addition to its life insurance products, the company administers defined contribution pension plans and medical coverage plans and provides asset management services. Through its Nissay Dowa General Insurance affiliate, the company sells auto and other property/casualty insurance.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:17 am, 104 views

Nippon Steel

Nippon Steel Corporation is the world's 4th largest steel producer by volume. Nippon Steel Corporation is an integrated steel maker. The Company produces various types of steel products used for industrial machinery & equipment and exports them worldwide. Nippon Steel provides plant construction and urban development and also develops new businesses such as chemicals, ceramics, electronic equipment and information & communication systems. Nippon Steel Trading Co., Ltd., has set up a joint venture with 3 Indonesian local companies to produce 120,000 tons of sheet steel for automotive industry.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:18 am, 102 views

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT)

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese telecommunications company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. NTT is the largest telecommunications company in Asia, and the second-largest in the world in terms of revenue.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:19 am, 110 views

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha or NYK Line, is one of the largest shipping companies in the world. It is a core Mitsubishi company. The company has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. At the end of March 2008, the NYK Group was operating about 776 major ocean vessels, as well as fleets of planes, trains, and trucks. The company's shipping fleet includes around 155 containerships, 286 bulk carriers, 55 woodchip carriers, 113 car carriers, 21 reefer carriers, 78 tankers, 30 LNG carriers, and three cruise ships. NYK employs about 55,000 people worldwide. The company has offices in 240 locations in 27 countries, warehouses on nearly every continent, and harbor operations in Asia, North America, and Europe. NYK is based in Tokyo and has regional headquarters in London, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, and São Paulo.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:20 am, 114 views

Nissan Motor

Nissan Motor Company Ltd usually shortened to Nissan is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. Nissan was the sixth largest automaker in the world in 2010. As of 2011, the company's global headquarters is located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama. In 1999, Nissan entered a two way alliance with Renault S.A. of France, which owns 43.4% of Nissan while Nissan holds 15% of Renault shares, as of 2008. The current market share of Nissan in American auto sales represent the largest of the automotive firms based in Asia that have been increasingly encroaching on the historically dominant US-based "Big Three". In its home market, Nissan became the second largest car manufacturer in 2011. Along with its normal range of models, Nissan also produces a range of luxury models branded as Infiniti. Currently, Nissan manufactures vehicles in 20 countries and areas around the world, including Japan and offers its products and services in more than 160 countries and areas around the world.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:24 am, 101 views

NKSJ Holdings

NKSJ Holdings, Inc. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan is a holding company established through the integration of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. and Nipponkoa Insurance Company, Limited. Through subsidiaries, the Company provides non-life insurance including marine, fire, and automobile as well as life insurance. NKSJ Holdings also operates other financial services such as mutual fund and investment advisory.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:25 am, 92 views

Noble Group

Noble Group Limited headquartered in Hong Kong is a global conglomerate manager of agricultural, industrial and energy products. Noble manages a diversified portfolio of essential raw materials, integrating the sourcing, marketing, processing, financing, and transportation. Noble continues its transition to owning and managing more strategic assets, sourcing from low cost producers such as Brazil, Australia, and Indonesia and supplying to high growth demand markets including China, India, and the Middle East. Noble owns coal and iron ore mines, grain crushing facilities, fuel terminals and storage facilities, sugar and ethanol plants, vessels, ports and other infrastructure. Noble is a global supply chain manager of agricultural and energy products, metals, and minerals. The Group operates from over 150 offices and plants in 38 countries. Noble manages a diversified portfolio of essential raw materials, integrating the sourcing, marketing, processing, financing and transportation.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:28 am, 85 views

Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Helsinki. It manufactures mobile electronic devices, mostly mobile telephones and other devices related to communications, and in converging Internet and communications industries, with 130,000 employees in 120 countries. It was the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones in 2011. Nokia produces mobile devices for every major market segment and protocol, including GSM, CDMA, and W-CDMA (UMTS). Nokia offers Internet services such as applications, games, music, maps, media and messaging through its Ovi platform. Nokia's joint venture with Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks produces telecommunications network equipment, solutions and services. Nokia also provides free-of-charge digital map information and navigation services through its wholly owned subsidiary Navteq.
Submitted by globalgovaffairs-com, April 22, 2012 8:30 am, 79 views