What investment company owns the North American vacuum company Hoover?
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The Hoover Company Hoover was an American vacuum cleaner company that started out as an American floor care manufacturer based in North Canton, Ohio. It also established a major base in the United Kingdom and for most of the early-and-mid-20th century it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where the "Hoover" brand name became synonymous with vacuum cleaners and vacuuming in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Hoover Company in the United States was part of the Whirlpool Corporation but sold in 2006 to Techtronic Industries for $107 million. Hoover UK/Europe split from Hoover U.S. in 1993 and was acquired by Candy, a company based in Brugherio, Italy. It currently uses the same Hoover logo Techtronic uses outside Europe with the slogan "Generation Future".
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Techtronic Industries Techtronic Industries Company Limited (), Techtronic or TTI, is an investment holding company based in Hong Kong. Its products include Milwaukee, AEG (AEG Powertools, licensed from Electrolux), Ryobi, Homelite, Hoover US, Dirt Devil, and Vax. TTI employs over 20,000 staff and in 2014 had worldwide annual sales of US$4.8 billion. Subsidiaries include AC (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, Baja, Inc., Homelite Consumer Products, Inc., Hoover Inc., One World Technologies, Inc. and Sang Tech Industries Limited.
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WA Developments W A Developments Holdings Ltd (also WA Developments and WADI) is the private investment holding company owned by Andrew Tinkler, the chief executive officer of Stobart Group.
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Clemmie Spangler Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr. (born April 5, 1932), usually known as C. D. Spangler or Dick Spangler, is an American billionaire who served as the President of the University of North Carolina from 1986 to 1997. He heads National Gypsum. On the "Forbes" 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.
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Irving Kahn Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, the creator of the value investing methodology. Kahn began his career in 1928 and continued to work until his death. He was chairman of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., the privately owned investment advisory and broker-dealer firm that he founded with his sons, Thomas and Alan, in 1978.
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Hoover Medal The Hoover Medal is an American engineering prize.
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Linck Group Linck Group Corporation is an American investment group that runs American soccer club Miami Dade FC.
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Hoover Hotel Hoover Hotel is a historic hotel in Whittier, Los Angeles County, Southern California.
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Istithmar World Istithmar World ("istithmar" is Arabic for "investment") is an investment firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This company is a state-run business owned by Dubai World, a Dubai government-owned company, and was established in 2003. Originally known as "Istithmar," the company was renamed as "Istithmar World" in 2008.
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BLV Group Corporation BLV Group Corporation is a New York-based luxury real estate investment, development and management company. It also provides lifestyle, air and yacht charter, philanthropy, fund management, consultancy and hospitality services in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Puhua Investment Puhua Investment Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company based in Tai'an, Shandong Province. As at 31 December 2015, state-owned enterprise Potevio owned 39.04% stake as the largest shareholder.
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Edward Johnson III Edward Crosby "Ned" Johnson III (born June 29, 1930) is an American investor and businessman who, along with daughter Abigail Johnson, owns and runs Fidelity Investments and Fidelity International. He currently resides in Boston.
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Magnolia Petroleum Company The Magnolia Petroleum Company was an early twentieth century petroleum company in Texas founded on April 24, 1911 by the Sealy family of Galveston, as a consolidation of several earlier companies. Standard Oil of New York (Socony) exchanged its stock for all of the Magnolia stock (except seven shares for the Directors) in December 1925 though it continued to operate as an affiliate of Socony. Socony merged with Vacuum Oil Company in 1931, becoming Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. Magnolia Petroleum continued to operate as a subsidiary of Socony-Vacuum. In 1959, Magnolia was fully incorporated into the Mobil division of Socony-Vacuum, which later changed its name to Socony Mobil and, ultimately to Mobil Mobil Oil Corporation.
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Sherwin-Williams The Sherwin-Williams Company is an American Fortune 500 company in the general building materials industry. The company, with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, primarily engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North and South America and Europe. The company is mostly known through its Sherwin-Williams Paints line. On March 20, 2016, Sherwin-Williams announced the acquisition of Valspar for approximately $9 billion.
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ADEEM Investment and Wealth Management Company Adeem Investment Company (styled ADEEM) is a Kuwati-based subsidiary of Efad Holding. The company became well known with its purchase of a stake in the British car manufacturer Aston Martin in 2007 from Ford.
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Dubai Group Dubai Group is an investment company based in the United Arab Emirates, and a subsidiary of Dubai Holding. The company was founded in 2000 as the Investment Office, and was renamed Dubai Group in 2005. Through its companies, the group focuses on banking, investments and insurance in the United Arab Emirates and globally.
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Renova Group Renova Group is a Russian conglomerate with interests in aluminium, oil, energy, telecoms and a variety of other sectors. The main owner and president is Viktor Vekselberg who founded the company in 1990.
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American Standard Companies American Standard Companies, Inc. was a global manufacturer of plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and services, bath and kitchen products and vehicle control systems.
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Icahn Enterprises Icahn Enterprises L.P. is an American conglomerate company headquartered at the General Motors Building in New York City, New York. The company has investments in various industries including auto parts, energy, metals, rail cars, casinos, food packaging, real estate and home fashion. The company is currently controlled by investor Carl Icahn.
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Bellevue Investments Bellevue Investments GmbH & Co. KGaA is a German holding company that controls numerous subsidiaries and investments domestically and abroad. The subsidiaries have different business models and are active in the fields of software, online services, entertainment and digital content, as well as real estate. The subsidiaries currently employ approximately 350 people.
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Fremont General Corporation Fremont General Corporation was a Santa Monica, California based holding company for Fremont Investment & Loan, an industrial bank that was one of the largest subprime mortgage lenders in the country during the early and mid 2000s.
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LaSalle Investment Management LaSalle Investment Management ("LaSalle") is a leading real estate investment management firm. It is an independent subsidiary of Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL), a real estate financial and professional services company.