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The British Heart Foundation was founded in 1961 by a group of medical professionals who were concerned about the increasing death rate from cardiovascular disease. They wanted to fund extra research into the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of heart and circulatory diseases. [7] BHF-funded clinical research
BHF Bank, full name Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank was a German bank formed in 1970 by merger between the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft and Frankfurter Bank, both founded in the 1850s. It was initially named Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft – Frankfurter Bank ( lit.
On August 4, 2017, Brighthouse Financial completed its separation from MetLife and began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange on August 7, 2017, under the symbol "BHF." ." Upon completion of the separation, MetLife retained a 19.2% stake in the compa
Waterford Crystal, former producer of crystal glass, founded by Quakers in 1783, closed in 1851; the modern Waterford Wedgwood was not founded by Quakers, being the merger of a separate Waterford Crystal company founded in 1947 by non-Quaker Charles Bacik, and Wedgwood, founded by the Unitarian, Josiah Wedgwood. Western Union, founded by Ezra ...
The Frankfurter Bank was a German bank founded in 1854 in Frankfurt, which issued its own banknotes until 1901. On 1 January 1970, it merged with the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft to form Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank, generally referred to as BHF Bank until 2017 and since then as ODDO BHF. [1]
' Trade Company of Berlin ') was a significant German joint-stock bank, founded in 1856 in Berlin. It relocated to Frankfurt following World War II . On 1 September 1970 (with retroactive effect at 1 January 1970), [ 1 ] : 42 BHG merged with Frankfurter Bank to form Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft - Frankfurter Bank , referred to as BHF Bank from ...
In October 1868, the vicar general of Chicago, Peter Fischer, asked for three sisters to serve in a German orphanage on the north side of Chicago. [2] On 10 November 1868, they began their ministry at Angel Guardian Orphanage. The orphanage closed in 1978. In the early 1920s, the motherhouse in America moved from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Donaldson.
It was formed in 1982 from the merger of its two namesake organizations: Blue Cross was founded in 1929 and became the Blue Cross Association in 1960, and Blue Shield emerged in 1939 and the Blue Shield Association was created in 1948. Its headquarters are at the Aon Center at 200 E. Randolph Street in Chicago, Illinois. [4]