BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Group
- a parent company and all its subsidiaries
Wiktionary Definition for: Group
- A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- Ex:''There is a group of houses behind the hill.''
- Ex:''A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.''
- Ex:''He left town to join a Communist group''
- # grouptheory A set ''G'' together with a binary operation * such that * is associative for elements of ''G''; there is an identity element in ''G''; every element of ''G'' has an inverse in ''G'' under the operation; and for all elements ''a'' and ''b'' in ''G'', ''a'' * ''b'' is in ''G''.
- #A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- Ex:''Did you see the new jazz group?''
- # astronomy A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxy galaxies that are near each other.
- # chemistry A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- # chemistry A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
- #(''sociology'') A subset of a culture or of a society.
- # military An air force formation.
- # geology A collection of formations or rock strata.
- # computing In the Unix operating system, a number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
- # transitive To put together to form a group.
Additional Resources
- Signet Group plc Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question and answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. We'll take our first question now from Dahab Shahri [ph] from Dasco [ph]. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Hi. A question on the like for like drop since early November. Do you have any...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-27
- Open Group forms Cloud Work Group to spur enterprise cloud adoption and security via open standards
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- News items 2009-08-17
- What's in a name? (USA Broadcast Group now U.S. Broadcast Group)(Brief Article)
- USA Networks the cable programers had a word with USA Broadcast Group the group owner, and the result is a name change for the broadcast group. It now will be known as U.S. Broadcast Group, a source says. USA--oops--U.S. Broadcast Group ... USA Networks (the cable...
- Research articles 1995-10-09
- Stock Evaluation Rating Change for CAPITA GROUP, GUS, 3i, ELECTROCOMPONENT, EMI GROUP, INVENSYS, MMO2, MAN GROUP, HANSON, NEXT, PEARSON, COMPASS GROUP, and MARKS & SP.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2002-LondonStockPicks.Com: Stock Evaluation Rating Change for CAPITA GROUP, GUS, 3i, ELECTROCOMPONENT, EMI GROUP, INVENSYS, MMO2, MAN GROUP, HANSON, NEXT, PEARSON, COMPASS GROUP, and MARKS & SP C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05092002 Stock Evaluation Rating Change for...
- Research articles 2002-05-09
- Group M Consolidating Print-Buying Operations
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Three major media agencies -- Mediaedge:cia, MediaCom and Mindshare -- are merging their print buying departments. The three agencies belong to the WPP's Group M division, the world's largest group of media agencies. Mindshare ranked third in U.S. revenue last year, followed by Mediaedge at fourth...
- News items 2009-08-21
- Regal Entertainment Group Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (RGC)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Regal Entertainment Group RGC Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call February 7th 2006, 9:30 AM. Executives: Don De Laria, Regal Entertainment Group - VP IR Michael Campbell, Regal Entertainment Group - Chairman & CEO, and Regal Cinemas Corporation - CEO ...
- Earnings calls 2006-02-10
- Regal Entertainment Group Q3 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (RGC)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Q3 2005 Regal Entertainment Group Earnings Conference Call Oct 27 2005 Don De Laria - Regal Entertainment Group - VP of IR Mike Campbell - Regal Entertainment Group - CEO Amy Miles -...
- Earnings calls 2005-10-27
- DMGT sells stake in radio group as profits fall 23%
- No financial details of the deal have been disclosed. Lachlan Murdoch will become chairman of the radio group, replacing Peter Williams, finance director of DMGT. DMG Radio Australia holds nine radio licences in Australian cities, including Vega FM. The sell-off comes as DMGT reported a 23% slump in pre-tax profits...
- News items 2009-11-26
- HUAWEI WINS ORDERS OF TELMOS GROUP
- AsiaInfo Services 09-10-2003 Huawei Wins Orders of TelMOS Group CHINA, Sep 10, 2003 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Huawei Group, China's leading network equipment vendor, wins orders of Russia-based TelMOS Group. Huawei Group is about to provide netw AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2003-09-10
- Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies investor fact sheet.
- The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, "the Group," is a diverse group of energy companies with operations in more than 145 countries. The Group's businesses include oil and gas exploration and production; power generation; manufacturing The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, "the Group," is a...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.(INVESTOR FACT SHEET)(Company Profile)
- The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, "the Group," is a diverse group of energy companies with operations in more than 145 countries. The Group's businesses include oil and gas exploration and production; LNG; power generation; manufact The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, "the Group," is ...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Liberty Mutual signs deal on group health book. (Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Travelers Insurance Cos., Consolidated Group)
- Travelers Insurance Cos. and Consolidated Group have signed an agreement with Liberty Mutual Insurance Group to assume responsibility for its group medical coverage and related services. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Travelers Insurance Cos. and Consolidated Group...
- Research articles 1994-05-23
- Neiman Marcus selling to investment group.(News)(Brief Article)
- DALLAS -- The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.'s Board of Directors has agreed to sell the company to an investment group consisting of Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pin...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- TMN GROUP PLC - Directorate Change.
- Date: 5 December 2007 On behalf of: TMN Group plc ("TMN" or "the Company") Embargoed until: 0700hrs TMN Group plc Directorate changes TMN Group plc (AIM: TMN), the UK's premier online direct marketing group, today announc Date:...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- U.S. EPA's Coal Group Recommends $1 Billion/Year CCS Fund
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee CAAAC lists 13 recommendations from its Advanced Coal Technology Work Group ACT Work GroupAdvanced Coal Technology Work Group ACT Work Group in the final report on po The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee CAAAC...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- PNC Financial Services Group Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from the line Scott Siefers. James E. Rohr - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Good morning, Scott. Richard J. Johnson - Chief Financial Officer Good morning, Scott. Operator Scott, your...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- Group annuities.(U.S. Life)(Brief Article)
- A group insurance product that makes periodic payments during the annuitant's lifetime or for a specific period of time. Top U.S. Writers Net Premiums Written 2003 ($ billions) ING Group [85144] Equitable Group [70194] Metropolitan Life & Affiliated Cos [70192]...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- KILL BW1324, NY-ATEC-GROUP and KILL BW1531, CQN-NY-ATEC-GROUP
- Please KILL BW1324, (NY-ATEC-GROUP), ATEC Group, Inc. Announces Joint Venture with Offshore Software Development Firm, which ran on Business Wire at 12:22 p.m. ET on 06/09/1999. Also KILL the CORRECTION, BW1531, (CQN-NY-ATEC-GROUP), ATEC Group, Inc. Corrects and Replaces Previous Joint Venture Announcement, BW1324, (NY-ATEC-GROUP), which...
- Research articles 1999-06-10
- Iceland's Avion Group divests Excel Airways Group, Star Airlines and Star Europe in USD450m deal
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- Research articles 2006-10-30
- Argonaut Group, Inc. and PXRE Group Ltd. to Merge, New Entity Will Be Named Argo Group
- SAN ANTONIO & HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Argonaut Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: AGII), a specialty underwriter, and PXRE Group Ltd. (NYSE:PXT), a Bermuda-based property reinsurer, announced today they have signed a definitive merger agreement and that the combined entity will do business as Argo Group International Holdings Limited ("Argo Group"). Argo Group...
- Research articles 2007-03-14
