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In February 2007, Schindler, along with competitors Otis Elevator Co., ThyssenKrupp, Kone, and Mitsubishi Elevator Europe were fined by the European Union for a price-fixing cartel. Schindler was fined 144 million euros, or about $189.3 million US dollars. [8] Since 2011, Schindler have sponsored Solar Impulse, a solar-powered aircraft. [9]
5. Boeing (BA) Years of returns: 89 Return per $1: $212,206 Cumulative compound return: 21,220,526 percent Annualized compound return: 14.7 percent Boeing is a global aerospace company that ...
In 2005, Schindler acquired the Hontz Elevator Company [1] after a brief legal battle with the German authorities over the registration of the company name. [citation needed] The court held that the Hontz Elevator Company had been established in the 19th century by Karl Hontz (then under the title Die Hontz Aufzugfirma) according to a folder of documents that had previously surfaced in the ...
Share of the Schweizerische Wagons-Fabrik AG, issued 20. January 1902 A carriage built in 1920. The Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG (SWS, Swiss Railcar and Lift Factory Corporation, known colloquially as "Wagi"), which was based at Schlieren in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, was a manufacturer of railway rolling stock and lifts.
1422: Henry V dies on 31 August, aged 34 years and 349 days, and Charles VI on 21 October, at 53 years and 322 days of age. Henry's young son, Henry VI of England, who is 268 days days old at the time, is crowned king of both England and France. However, in central France, the Dauphin continues the war.
Thirty years later, though, it's clear that "Schindler's List" has begun rather than ended a conversation, and it has even invited its own sharpest rebukes. That alone may be its most meaningful ...
The Hundred Years' War (French: Guerre de Cent Ans; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England .
Oskar Schindler (German: [ˈɔskaʁ ˈʃɪndlɐ] ⓘ; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, humanitarian, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.