About MSNBC MSNBC is a cable news channel located in the United States that is available in both the United States and Canada. The name is an amalgamation of “Microsoft” and “NBC”. Two partnerships with the names MSNBC and msnbc.com were established in 1996 by Microsoft and General Electric’s NBC unit, which is presently NBC [...]
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What does NADA stand for?
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2012
About NADA NADA is a intialism for the National Automobile Dealers Association which was founded in 1917. It represents more than 19,700 new car and truck dealers, both domestic and international, with more than 43,000 different franchises. It was established by a group of dealers who were determined to lower the luxury tax on automobiles [...]
What does DC Shoes stand for?
Posted by admin on May 9th, 2012
DC Shoes is an American company that specializes in extreme sports footwear. These various types of footwear include BMX, skateboarding, rally car racing, surfing and motocross. Hats, jeans, jackets, snowboards and shirts are also included in the specialization. DC Shoes was established in 1993 with its base in California. Originally, DC meant ‘Droors City Footwear,’ [...]
What does LLP stand for?
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2012
LLP stands for Limited Liability Partnership. This is a partnership whereby some or all partners have limited liability, depending on the jurisdiction. In an LLP one partner is not liable or responsible for another partner’s negligence or misconduct. This is what distinguishes it from a limited partnership. Some partners in an LLP have a form [...]
What does Fannie Mae stand for?
Posted by admin on May 7th, 2012
Fannie Mae stands for Federal National Mortgage Association. Fannie Mae is a government sponsored enterprise contracted by the United States Congress. As such Fannie Mae’s mission is to supply affordability, liquidity and stability to the United States’ housing and mortgage markets. Fannie Mae functions in the United States secondary mortgage market. The association works with [...]
What does MPRI stand for?
Posted by admin on May 6th, 2012
MPRI is the acronym for Military Professional Resources. MPRI is a private military contractor that supplies a wide variety of services to private and public customers especially to the United States Department of Defense. Military training, logistics, and law enforcement are a few of the profession that MPRI specializes in and operates in over forty [...]
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No Comments »What does Geico stand for?
Posted by admin on April 20th, 2012
GEICO stands for Government Employees Insurance Company. This name was adopted based on the roots from which the Company has matured. Its founder Leo Goodwin first decided to target military and government employees but the business further expanded to include services for wide range of customers. During the Great depression in the United States in [...]
What does AMEX stand for?
Posted by admin on April 15th, 2012
AMEX stands for American express operates in over 130 countries around the globe. The tale of American Express is a mesmerizing one filled with interesting and quirky characters who — through a combination of brains, perseverance and luck — shaped the company’s development during the past century and a half. The express company that forwarded [...]
What does Volcom stand for?
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2012
VOLCOM stands for the name of Clothing Company in Costa Mesa, California whose visionaries Richard “Wooly” Woolcott and Tucker “T-Dawg” Hall formed it in 1991. The company was officially renamed Volcom Incorporated in 2005. The idea for the company’s clothing line came from its founders’ exposure to the field of sports, so Volcom targets the [...]
What does MSFT stand for?
Posted by admin on March 22nd, 2012
MSFT represents Microsoft Corporation. It is a multinational computer technology corporation that extends licenses, supports and makes a wide variety of software products for computing devices. The Microsoft Corporation has its headquarters in Washington USA and it most lucrative products are the Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows operating system collection of productivity software. In 1975 [...]
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