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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

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Durham, N.C.-Based Community Bank Creates Holding Company.
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A Holding Company for BGE, A Smart Move for Maryland
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Holding Company to Be Free From Listing Regulations.
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Acquisition of holding company assets by less-than-80 percent-owned subsidiary should satisfy COBE requirement.(continuity-of-business-enterprise rule)
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The Rise of the Superagency; Ford confides in WPP. PepsiCo's choice is Omnicom. How the holding company morphed into the new agency.
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