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The Walt Disney Company is really a great company. It is also known as Disney, an American diversified multinational mass media, and entertainment conglomerate based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is the second world's largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue. The company was founded by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney on October 16, 1923. Do you know that the company operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions? Well, it then proceeds on using its current name in 1986.

International Business Machines Corporation or also known as IBM, is an American multinational technology company based in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. The company originated as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in 1911 and was renamed as International Business Machines in 1924. The company actually manufactures and markets a lot of stuff such as software and middleware, computer hardware. It also offers to host and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

Japan is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. It is located in the Pacific Ocean and lies off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland. Japan is also known as the "Land of the Rising Sun". It is also a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido. Japan is a member of the UN, the OECD, the G7, G8, and G20 and considered with great power. The country has the world's third-largest economy by nominal GDP. Aside from that, it is also the 4th largest economy by purchasing power parity globally. Japan is also the 4th largest importer and exporter worldwide. It benefits from a highly skilled workforce and is among the most highly educated countries in the world.

HCL Technologies Limited is an Indian multinational IT services company based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a subsidiary of HCL Enterprise. It became an independent company in 1991 when HCL ventured into the software services business. The company offers services such as enterprise transformation, IT consulting, engineering and R&D, remote infrastructure management, and Business process Outsourcing (BPO).

A lot of people know about Microsoft. Are you familiar with Microsoft? Well, Microsoft is an American multinational technology company in Redmond, Washington. It develops, supports, licenses manufactures and sells consumer electronics, personal computers, and services as well. Most of its software products are Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Internet Explorers and Edge web browsers. As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.

Adidas AG is a German multinational corporation based in Herzogenaurach, Germany. It manufactures and designs clothing, accessories, and shoes. In Europe, it is the largest sportswear manufacturer and second biggest in the world. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group which consists of the TaylorMade-Adidas golf company, Reebok sportswear Company, and 9.1% of FC Bayer Munich and Runtastic, an Austrian fitness technology company.

Nike Inc. is an American multinational corporation that engaged in the development, manufacturing, design, and worldwide marketing and sales of services, footwear, equipment, apparel, and accessories. It is based in Washington Country, Oregon United States. Nike Inc. is the largest suppliers of apparel and athletic shoes, and a major manufacturer of sports equipment. It already employed more than 44,000 people worldwide as of 2012 and it is the only brand that was valued at $19 billion, making the most valuable brand among sports businesses in 2012.

Bacardi Limited is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world. It is originally known for its eponymous Bacardi White Rum. Now, it has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels. It was founded by Don Facundo Bacardi Masso in 1862. Don Facundo was a Spanish Merchant and was born in Sitges, Catalonia Spain in 1814, then he emigrated to Cuba in 1830. The company employs 6,000 people and it manufactures at 29 facilities in 16 markets on four continents. In 150 countries, it sells a lot of its product. The company sells more than 200 million bottles per year and in 2007, the company's sales were US$5.5 billion up to $4.9 billion in 2006.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Actually, it is one of the main companies of Mitsubishi. It manufactures architectural and electrical equipment. It is a major producer of photovoltaic panels. The company was established on January 15, 1921.

When someone wants to drink soft drinks, they would rather say "I want coke". Well, Coke is really famous all over the world, but this carbonated soft drink is called "Coca-Cola" and it is produced by The Coca-Cola Company. It was invented by John Pemberton and was brought by businessman Asa Griggs Candler in the late 19th century. Asa has his own marketing tactics that led Coca-Cola to dominate the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.

Intel Corporation or also well-known as Intel is an American multinational corporation based in Santa Clara, California. The company was founded by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce in Mountain View, California. Gordon is a chemist and Robert is a physicist and co-inventor of the integrated circuit. It is the largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers based on revenue globally. It is also the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, and these processors are found in most computers. The company actually supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as Lenovo, Apple, Dell, and HP. Intel Corporation manufactures graphic chips, motherboard chipset, flash memory, embedded processors, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, and other devices related to communication and computing.

Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong. The main office and hub of this airline are located at Hong Kong International Airport. Actually, Cathay Pacific's operations and subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services for more than 180 destinations in 44 countries globally. It also includes codeshares and joint ventures. The airline was founded on September 24, 1946, by Sydney H. de Kantzow and Roy C. Farrell in Shanghai. These two founders were ex-air force pilots who had flown the Hump, a route over the Himalayan mountains.

Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. It was founded in 1937. It provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 182 destinations globally. Air Canada is based in Montreal, Quebec but its largest hub is located at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The predecessor of Air Canada is Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) and it inaugurated its first flight on September 1, 1937. In 1964, TCA had grown to become Canada's national airline and changed its name to Air Canada. Well, it was then privatized in 1989.

Pfizer Inc. is an American global pharmaceutical corporation based in New York City. Its research headquarters is located in Groton, Connecticut. Actually, it is among the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. It is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Since 2004, its shares have been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Pfizer is named after a German-American Charles Pfizer who co-founded the company together with his cousin Charles F. Erhart. The first name of the company was Charles Pfizer and Company (chemicals business).

British Airways is the flag carrier and largest airline in the United Kingdom-headquartered in Waterside, Harmondsworth, England. It is the second-largest in the United Kingdom when measured by passengers carried. Actually, a British Airways Board was established by the UK government in 1972. They established it to manage the two nationalized airline corporations which are British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways. On March 1974, all those companies including two smaller, regional airlines Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines were merged to form British Airways. After 13 years as a state company, British Airways was privatized in February 1987. It was part of a wider privatization plan by the Conservative Government.