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CBIZ
CBIZ, Inc. is a national provider of financial, insurance and advisory services headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. CBIZ is one of the largest accounting, insurance brokerage, financial and advisory services providers in the United States with more than 120 offices and nearly 7,000 employees. Its common stock has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1996, under the symbol "CBZ" since 1997, and is one of the country's 10 largest accounting firms. History In 1987, Stout Environmental, Inc. ("Stout") was formed as a Delaware corporation. It was acquired by Republic Industries in 1992. In April 1995, Republic Industries spun off the business into an entity known as Republic Environmental Systems, which was merged with Century Surety Company (which was part of Alliance Holding Corporation) into a newly formed entity, International Alliance Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: IASI) in October 1996. In 1997, IASI sold it's environmental services operations and changed its name to Century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBIZ CPAs
CBIZ CPAs (formerly known as Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.) is a national CPA firm founded and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. MHM has over 30 offices in the United States. History MHM dates back to 1954 with Ernst D. Mayer in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1960 the practice merged with Bill Hoffman's practice. MHM officially became Mayer Hoffman McCann in 1978 when Chuck McCann was added as a managing partner. In August 2024, Mayer Hoffman McCann changed its name to CBIZ CPAs to "better align CBIZ CPAs' attest practice with CBIZ's non-attest practice". Association with CBIZ Inc. * In 1998 MHM spun off its tax and consulting practice, which was merged into Century Business Services, Inc, now known as CBIZ, Inc. That tax and consulting practice now operates as CBIZ MHM, LLC (a division of parent company CBIZ, Inc.). MHM maintains an association with CBIZ through an administrative services agreement and practices public accounting through an alternative practice structure as defin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Feighan
Edward Farrell "Ed" Feighan (born October 22, 1947) is a former American politician. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and as a Democratic Party U.S. Representative from 1983 to 1993, serving Ohio's 19th congressional district. Early life and education Feighan was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He graduated in 1965 from St. Edward High School, an all-boys Catholic high school on Cleveland's west side. In 1969, he earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Loyola University in New Orleans, LA. He attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University while serving in the legislature and received his J.D. degree in 1978. Political career Feighan was first elected to public office as a State Representative from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972. He served for six years in the Ohio Legislature until his election as a Cuyahoga County Commissioner, a position he held for four years. In 1977, Feighan ran for mayor of the city of Cleveland, but lost a nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Kramer
Joel Bruce Kramer (born October 30, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at and , he played the power forward and center positions. After playing college basketball at San Diego State University, he had a five-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978–1983 with the Phoenix Suns. Early life Kramer was born in San Diego, California, and is Jewish. He attended Patrick Henry High School in San Diego. There, he played for the basketball team and was League Player of the Year and All- California Interscholastic Federation his senior season. Basketball career Kramer played college basketball on a basketball scholarship at San Diego State University, during which he averaged 9.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, while shooting .521 from the field. After recovering from a broken foot, he averaged over 9 rebounds per game his last two seasons. In 1977-78, he set a school consecutive free throw record of 33. As a senior, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not ( unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crain's New York
Crain Communications Inc is an American multi-industry publishing conglomerate based in Detroit, Michigan, United States, with 13 non-US subsidiaries. History Gustavus Dedman (G.D.) Crain, Jr. ( Gustavus Demetrious Crain, Jr.; 1885–1973), previously the city editor of the '' Louisville Herald'' newspaper, founded Crain Communications in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1916, publishing two papers: ''Class'' (which later became ''BtoB'') and ''Hospital Management'' (sold in 1952)."G.D. Crain Jr. Dies at 88; Published Advertising Age" '''', December 17, 1973. The staff moved to Chicago later in 1916. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companies Listed On The New York Stock Exchange
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange are in the following lists, alphabetically. * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (0–9) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (A) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (B) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (C) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (D) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (E) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (F) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (G) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (H) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (I) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (J) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (K) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (L) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (M) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (N) * Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (O) * Companies listed on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consulting Firms Established In 1996
A consultant (from la, consultare "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice and other purposeful activities in an area of specialization. Consulting services generally fall under the domain of professional services, as contingent work. A consultant is employed or involved in giving professional advice to the public or to those practicing the profession. Definition and distinction The Harvard Business School provides a more specific definition of a consultant as someone who advises on "how to modify, proceed in, or streamline a given process within a specialized field". In his book, ''The Consulting Bible'', Alan Weiss defines that "When we onsultantswalk away from a client, the client's conditions should be better than it was before we arrived or we've failed." There is no legal protection given to the job title 'consultant'.Consultancy.ukWhat is a consultant? accessed 29 June 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael DeGroote
Michael George DeGroote (August 13, 1933 – September 12, 2022) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist from Hamilton, Ontario, who resided in Bermuda. Aside from his business career, he was best known as a major private donor to local educational institutions including McMaster University, McMaster University Medical School, and Hillfield Strathallan College. Early life DeGroote was born in West Flanders, Belgium, on August 13, 1933. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1948, when he was 14 years old. He dropped out of school in ninth grade to help his family by working in the tobacco fields near Tillsonburg, Ontario. He subsequently purchased a former army truck when he was 18 and used it to transport manure to those fields. Business career DeGroote first purchased Laidlaw Transport Ltd., a small trucking company based in Hagersville, Ontario, in 1959. Under his direction, the company expanded past trucking by entering the solid waste and school bus indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waste Management (corporation)
Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas. The company's network includes 346 transfer stations, 293 active landfill disposal sites, 146 recycling plants, 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects and six independent power plants, power production plants. Waste Management offers environmental services to nearly 21 million residential, Industrial sector, industrial, municipal and commerce, commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. With 26,000 collection and transfer vehicles, the company has the largest trucking fleet vehicles, fleet in the waste industry. Together with its competitor Republic Services, Inc, the two handle more than half of all garbage collection in the United States. History In 1893, Harm Huizenga, a Dutch immigrant, began hauling ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AutoNation
AutoNation is an American automotive retailer based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which provides new and pre-owned vehicles and associated services in the United States. The company was founded by Wayne Huizenga in 1996, starting with twelve AutoNation locations, and now has more than 300 retail outlets.Bradsher, Keith"Huizenga Wants to Dominate the Market" ''The New York Times'', pp. D1, March 6, 1997. AutoNation continued growing by acquiring other companies in the car rental business such as National Car Rental, Spirit Rent-A-Car, Value Rent-A-Car, Snappy Car Rental and more. In 2011, AutoNation was the first auto retailer in the United States to sell a total of 8 million vehicles. History 1996–2008 Before its acquisition by Republic Industries in 1997, but under the early division brand name "AutoNation", the company was a growing network of used automobile superstores. In 1995, H. Wayne Huizenga of Republic Industries became chairman of the board of directors and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Huizenga
Harry Wayne Huizenga Sr. (; December 29, 1937 – March 22, 2018) was an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He founded AutoNation and Waste Management Inc., and was the owner or co-owner of Blockbuster Video, the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League, and the Florida Marlins (now Miami Marlins) of Major League Baseball. Background Harry Wayne Huizenga was of Dutch descent. His grandfather, Harm Huizenga, came to the United States from the Netherlands. Starting with a horse and wagon, Harm Huizenga built trash hauling service, Huizenga & Sons Scavenger Co. in suburban Chicago in 1894. Wayne Huizenga's parents, Gerrit Harry Huizenga (1916–2001), a cabinet maker, and Jean Huizenga (née Riddering; 1918–2006), a home decorator; grew up in the Dutch community in Chicago and were strict Dutch Reformed Christians. Huizenga was born at Little Company of Mary Hospital, in Evergreen Park, Illinois, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
