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conglomerate
conglomerate in geology, sedimentary rock composed largely of pebbles or other rounded particles whose diameter is larger than 2 mm (.08 in.). Essentially a cemented gravel, conglomerates are formed along beaches, as glacial drift, and in river deposits. Conglomerates formed of angular shaped peb... Read more
New Red Sandstone
New Red Sandstone name for the thick red layer of the Triassic formation in Great Britain (see Triassic period ). It is many thousands of feet thick and is composed chiefly of red sandstones, clays, and conglomerate; the red color and the occurrence of workable quantities of salt and gypsum sugges... Read more
Ivan Le Lorraine Albright
Ivan Le Lorraine Albright , 1897-1983, American painter, b. North Harvey, Ill. Allied with the Magic Realist group, Albright developed a style combining American scene painting with surrealist influences. He sought to portray the decadence of mankind and the horror of America during the depression. ... Read more
Old Red Sandstone
Old Red Sandstone series of red and brown sandstones, conglomerates, and shales deposited in Wales and Scotland and in England near the Welsh and Scottish borders in the Devonian period of geologic time. The Old Red Sandstone, in contrast to the typical formations of the Devonian, is largely a co... Read more
Carboniferous period
Carboniferous period , fifth period of the Paleozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale , table), from 350 to 290 million years ago. Historical Geology of the Period The Carboniferous period was marked by vast, coal-forming swamps (see also bog ) and a succession of changes i... Read more
gravel
gravel particles of rock, i.e., stones and pebbles, usually round in form and intermediate in size between sand grains and boulders. Gravel is composed of various kinds of rock, the most common constituent being the mineral quartz. Deposits of gravel are formed as a result of the weathering of rock... Read more
Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif , 1949-, Pakistani politician; grad. Government College, Lahore; Punjab Univ. Law College. Born into a prominent Lahore business family, he was by 1980 director of one of Pakistan's largest industrial conglomerates. In 1981 Sharif was appointed finance minister of the Punjab by the Zia ... Read more
Cambrian period
Cambrian period [Lat. Cambria =Wales], first period of the Paleozoic geologic era (see Geologic Timescale , table) extending from approximately 570 to 505 million years ago. It was named by the 19th-century English geologist Adam Sedgwick, who first studied the great sequence of rocks characteris... Read more
Warren Edward Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett , 1930-, American financial executive, b. Omaha, Nebr., studied at Wharton School of Finance (1947-49), grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1950), Columbia Univ. (M.S., 1951). After working as an investment salesman and securities analyst, he was partner (1956-69) in the investment ... Read more
George W. Lucas, Jr.
George W. Lucas, Jr. 1944-, American film director, producer, and writer, b. Modesto, Calif. Although Lucas's first film, THX-1138 (1970), was not successful, his next two, American Graffiti (1973) and Star Wars (1977), set the course for filmmaking in the next decade. The first made song sco... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "conglomerate"

gravel and conglomerate
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...intra-formational conglomerate is used; when the...an extraformational conglomerate . Paraconglomerate...which are not true conglomerates but contain gravel...sufficiently strong. Conglomerates form thin layers above...is, they are basal conglomerate. Matrix-supported...
conglomerate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition conglomerate corporation whose...fairly common. Conglomerates did not emerge...attributed to the conglomerate include protection...The rise of the conglomerate in the 20th cent...of a number of conglomerates, most notably...
conglomerate and gravel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth conglomerate and gravel see gravel and conglomerate
Conglomerate
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law CONGLOMERATE A corporation operating in several different and unrelated enterprises, such as the movie industry, baking, and oil refining. A conglomerate merger is one that brings together two firms with totally different...
Mergers and Acquisitions
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Management ...industrial relationship, it is referred to as a conglomerate merger. Since conglomerate mergers do not involve noticeable vertical...are more rare than other types of mergers. Conglomerate mergers were especially popular in the 1960s...
Consolidation
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...evolved in the mid-1960s: the conglomerate. A conglomerate is an organization of previously...competition. During the 1960s conglomerates emerged as the chief form of consolidation. A prime conglomerate example was International Telephone...
Carboniferous period
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Rhine, shales, sandstones, and conglomerates were deposited; and in Russia, the...now represented by the Pottsville conglomerate, were formed during the early Pennsylvanian...the equivalent to the Pottsville conglomerate) is followed by the Coal Measures...
Printing and Publishing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...of Knopf. Venerable houses became divisions of corporate conglomerates: RCA acquired Random House in 1966; CBS bought the textbook...America , 1966. Thomas Whiteside , The Blockbuster Complex: Conglomerates, Show Business, and Book Publishing , 1981. John W...
Television
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...deregulation, companies have merged to create even larger media conglomerates. A number of commentators have questioned whether the presence...ways consumers have benefited from the products that these conglomerates offer. For instance, since the late 1990s, the ABC network...
comet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...comet far from the sun consists of a dense solid body or conglomerate of bodies a few miles in diameter called the nucleus. As...reflecting the radiation of the sun. According to the icy-conglomerate theory proposed by F. L. Whipple in 1949, the nucleus...

Dictionary entries related to "conglomerate"

Conglomerates
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...definition of conglomerate is something consisting...heterogeneous material. Conglomerates in business are...exact origins of conglomerates are un-clear...the fuse on the conglomerate explosion of the...to take on the conglomerate form. While efficient...management helped many ...
conglomerate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...rət / of or relating to a conglomerate, esp. a large corporation: conglomerate businesses. • v. / -ˌ...together into a compact mass: atoms that conglomerate at the center. ∎ ...
basal conglomerate
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences basal conglomerate 1. A conglomerate deposited at the base of a sedimentary sequence, e.g. at the base of a channel-fill deposit. 2. A conglomerate deposited above an unconformity surface.
breccio-conglomerate
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences breccio-conglomerate A conglomerate with clasts which are both rounded and angular; it is intermediate in character between a breccia and a conglomerate .
Conglomerate
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Conglomerate a mass of separate items collected into a ball; things closely crowded or gathered together into a coherent mass or whole. Examples: conglomerate of anecdotes; of flowers; of fragments; of fruit and leaves, 1572...
vent conglomerate
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences vent conglomerate Rounded blocks of juvenile and accessory material infilling a volcanic vent. The blocks are derived from the collapse of the vent...
psephite
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...coarse-grained, detrital , sedimentary rock , e.g. gravels , conglomerates , or breccias . G. W. Tyrell (1921) suggested the term be restricted to metamorphosed conglomerates and breccias, a suggestion followed by many authors describing...
Lohest, Marie Joseph Maximin (called Max)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...studies. In particular he was interested in tourmaline, the conglomerates (pudding stones) of the Gedinnian, and certain anthracites...of the Famennian, such as gulling and intra formational conglomerates. The Cambrian of the Stavelot Massif produced a revision...
intra-
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...or object found or developed within the setting in question, e.g. ‘intraformational conglomerate’ is a conglomerate derived from within the formation of deposition.
Ruedemann, Rudolf
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...geology, Ruedemann ’ s study of the exotic Rysedorph conglomerate fauna (1901) led him to suggest, in 1909, that the present...14 (1897), 217 – 149; “ Trenton Conglomerate of Rysedorph Hill, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and Its Fauna...

Thesaurus entries related to "conglomerate"

conglomerate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus conglomerate • noun   1. the conglomerate was broken up synonyms : corporation, company, business...consortium, partnership; firm.   2. a conglomerate of disparate peoples synonyms : mixture, mix, combination...
aggregate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...noun   1. the specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments synonyms : collection, mass, agglomeration, conglomerate, assemblage; mixture, mix, combination, blend, accumulation; compound, alloy, amalgam.   2. he won with...
company
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...business, corporation, establishment, agency, office, bureau, institution, organization, concern, enterprise; conglomerate, consortium, syndicate, multinational; informal outfit.   2. I enjoy his company synonyms : companionship...
firm
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus firm 2 • noun  an accounting firm synonyms : company, business, concern, enterprise, organization, corporation, conglomerate, office, bureau, agency, consortium; informal outfit, setup.
empire
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...world power, superpower.   2. a worldwide shipping empire synonyms : organization, corporation, multinational, conglomerate, consortium, company, business, firm, operation.   3. his dream of empire synonyms : power, rule, ascendancy...
apropos
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...regarding, concerning, on the subject of, connected with, about, re. • adjective  the word “conglomerate” was decidedly apropos synonyms : appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apposite, apt, applicable, suitable...
partnership
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...in crime synonyms : collaboration, collusion, connivance, conspiracy.   3. the partnership formed by the brothers was bought out synonyms : company, firm, corporation, cooperative, conglomerate, combine, syndicate.
complex
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...complex • noun   1. building complex | complex of regulations synonyms : structure, scheme, composite, conglomerate, aggregation, network, system, organization, synthesis.   2. a complex about her nose synonyms : obsession...
corporation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus corporation • noun  the chairman of the corporation synonyms : company, firm, business, concern, operation, house, organization, agency, trust, partnership; conglomerate, group, chain, multinational; informal outfit, setup.
confederation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus confederation • noun  the farmers eventually formed a confederation synonyms : alliance, league, confederacy, federation, association, coalition, consortium, conglomerate, cooperative, syndicate, group, circle; society, union.

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Conglomerates: When synergies collide Wall Street is wary, but some groups are more than the sum of their parts
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 4/8/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...rather than ''conglomerates.'' It is similar...manager does hold a conglomerate, whatever he...that turned into conglomerates after they bought...describing the typical conglomerate as ''one good...There is one conglomerate that he likes...attitude toward conglomerates dates from ...
Conglomerates on trial: conglomerates have taken a battering from management theorists. But is there something to be said for them after all?(Management Focus)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/5/1997; 700+ words ; ...reason to invest in a conglomerate-can nowadays do...of many successful conglomerates. VEBA is one. In...European and Australian conglomerates generated returns...the top quartile of conglomerates turned in annual returns...argues that the "conglomerate discount" is little...
DO CONGLOMERATES STILL EXIST IN INDONESIA?
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 4/27/1999; 700+ words ; Conglomerates falling apart In the last 2 years news of the collapse of conglomerates in Indonesia seems to be unending. The latest...called major banks which notabene own by the conglomerates. Its amazing that trillion of rupiah have...
Value of conglomerates and capital market conditions.
Magazine article from: Financial Management; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...conditions, and how conglomerate values respond...financing, can affect conglomerates and focused firms...I use various conglomerate return indexes...a portfolio of conglomerates and a portfolio...the value of a conglomerate relative to its...the value of conglomerates relative to ...
MULTIDIMENSIONAL EXPANSION OF CONGLOMERATES OVERSEAS.
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 9/22/1997; 700+ words ; ...controlled by 9 Indonesian conglomerates in China and 6 companies controlled by 4 conglomerates in Taiwan. The countries...owned by 5 Indonesian conglomerates. In each of the following...owned by an Indonesian conglomerate. Trade, industry...
Are conglomerates eating their young?
Magazine article from: Automotive Industries; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...off recently by big conglomerates. Why? Their returns...aerospace arm of a conglomerate pushes a project that...simultaneously and the conglomerates were too big to respond...to Delphi as these conglomerates shed businesses...happen, a new type of conglomerate is emerging - a company...
Reforming Korea's Industrial Conglomerates.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...history shows how the conglomerate-creating economic...inherent in these conglomerates through the 1980s...that South Korea's conglomerates be broken up. Unfortunately...sufficient amount of conglomerate breaking can be implemented...when South Korea's conglomerates are seriously ill...
Monsters still, but prettier; Conglomerates in developing countries.(Globalisation is forcing conglomerates in poor countries to change)(Philippines' Ayala Corp. becoming a model of refocusing)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/5/2002; 700+ words ; ...is forcing conglomerates in poor countries...the largest conglomerate in the Philippines...than any conglomerate boss could. Conglomerates therefore...appeal of conglomerates. They are...stockmarket, a conglomerate can channel...
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Were the acquisitive conglomerates inefficient?(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: RAND Journal of Economics; 12/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...large, acquisitive conglomerates from 1966 to 1974...early 1970s, the conglomerates were less valuable...1960s, however, conglomerates were not valued at...histories suggests that conglomerate diversification may...