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A Deseret Industries store in Federal Way, Washington. This location was relocated to a new building in Puyallup. DI was established in August 1938 by church president Heber J. Grant toward the end of the Great Depression. [3] The goal was to collect donated goods, employ people to collect and repair items, and sell items through thrift stores.
Deseret Management Corporation (DMC) (/ ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ) [1] is an American operating company, managing select global, for-profit entities affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was established in 1966 [2] by church president David O. McKay [3] to hold already-existing church media assets. [4]
According to the LDS Church, most of its revenues come in the form of tithes and fast offerings contributed by members. [15] Tithing donations are used to support operations of the church, including construction and maintenance of buildings and other facilities, and are transferred from local units directly to church headquarters in Salt Lake City, where the funds are centrally managed.
CSC currently has offices located throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. CSC also made acquisitions in 2016, including NetNames . [ 16 ] NetNames NN , is a European provider of domain name management and online corporate brand protection and specializes in domain name management, Internet monitoring , digital certificate ...
Welfare Square was created in 1938, [2] under the direction of the Church's General Welfare Committee, which itself had been formed just two years earlier. [3] Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States was experiencing the Great Depression Welfare Square became the flagship of the Church's Welfare Program.
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was an American multinational corporation that provided information technology (IT) services and professional services. On April 3, 2017, it merged with the Enterprise Services line of business of HP Enterprise (formerly Electronic Data Systems ) to create DXC Technology .
In 2006, Deseret Book acquired the Seagull retail chain of twenty-six bookstores and Covenant Publishing, which publishes and distributes books, games, and gifts. [12] In June 2011, the company introduced Deseret Bookshelf, a free e-reader application for Apple and Android mobile devices, with nearly 1,500 digital titles for purchase. On a ...
VP/MS (Visual Product Modeling System) is a family of software components developed by CSC that support product development and product lifecycle management. [1] Insurance companies (among other users in business and IT [2]) use VP/MS to manage the rules, clauses, formulas and calculations associated with savings and both life and non-life insurance products.