holding company
noun
: a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies compare investment company
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The holding company had wanted a larger Paramount board to consider the transaction, but the investor meeting marked the end of the terms of four directors.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Introduced in 1986, the watches were the first to bear the name Tag Heuer, a year after the Luxembourgian holding company Techniques d’Avant Garde bought the Swiss watchmaker Heuer.
—Ella Riley-Adams Jamie Sims Alice Newell-Hanson Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Caitie Kelly MacKenzie Oster, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Many big holding companies are on the verge of bankruptcy, while banks would suffer from a series of defaults.
—Amanda Sloat, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2018
Take-Two Interactive, the holding company that owns Rockstar Games, has set a Fall 2025 release date for Grand Theft Auto VI.
Speculation about the upcoming release of the popular video game was high ahead of Take-Two releasing its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Introduced in 1986, the watches were the first to bear the name Tag Heuer, a year after the Luxembourgian holding company Techniques d’Avant Garde bought the Swiss watchmaker Heuer.
—Ella Riley-Adams Jamie Sims Alice Newell-Hanson Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Caitie Kelly MacKenzie Oster, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Many big holding companies are on the verge of bankruptcy, while banks would suffer from a series of defaults.
—Amanda Sloat, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2018
Take-Two Interactive, the holding company that owns Rockstar Games, has set a Fall 2025 release date for Grand Theft Auto VI.
Speculation about the upcoming release of the popular video game was high ahead of Take-Two releasing its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
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