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There are only 676 Two Letter Domains ! some of them are among the World´s most valuable Real Estate |
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aa.com aquired 1997
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ae.com aquired 1999 |
bc.com reg 1994 |
bd.com aquired 1998 |
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American Airlines |
American Eagle |
British Airways |
Boise Cascade |
Becton Dickinson |
Airline |
Clothing |
Airline |
Wood |
Medical |
85,500 people |
12,000 people |
42,000 people |
28,300 people |
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22,9 billion $ |
3 billion $ |
231 planes |
6.4 billion $ |
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from Forth Worth / USA |
from Pittsburg / USA |
from London / UK |
from Boise / USA |
from Franklin Lakes / USA |
bk.com aquired 2002 |
bn.com reg 1994 |
bt.com reg 1992 |
bv.com reg 1993 |
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Burger King |
Barnes & Noble |
BP ex British Petroleum |
BT ex British Telecom |
Black & Veatch |
Restaurants |
Book Stores |
Oil |
Telecom |
Engeneering |
41,000 people |
40,000 people |
96,200 people |
105,000 people |
9,600 people |
2.2 billion $ |
5.4 billion $ |
291 billion $ |
26 billion $ |
3,2 billion $ |
from Miami / USA |
from NY/ USA |
from London / UK |
from London / UK |
from Overland Park / USA |
ca.com aquired 2000 |
cj.com aquired 1999 |
ck.com aquired 2003*[3] |
cw.com reg 1993 |
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CA ex Computer Associates |
Commission Junction |
Calvin Klein |
Cable & Wireless |
Deutsche Bank |
IT Services |
E Commerce |
Fashion |
Telecom |
Bank |
13,700 people |
4,400 people |
80,500 people |
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4,3 billion $ |
4.6 billion $ |
16.8 billion $ |
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from Islandia / USA |
from Santa Barbara / USA |
from NY / USA |
from Bracknell / UK |
from Frankfurt / Germany |
dj.com reg 1994 |
ey.com reg 1994 |
fp.com aquired 2003*[3] |
ft.com reg 1994 |
ga.com reg 1995 |
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DowJones |
Ernst & Young |
Friends Provident |
Financial Times |
General Atomics |
Financial News |
Financial Advise |
Insurance |
Financial News |
Airplanes |
135,000 people |
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1.7 billion $ |
24.5 billion $ |
4.6 billion $ |
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from NY / USA |
from London / UK |
from London / UK |
from London / UK |
from San Diego / USA |
gd.com aquired 1998 |
ge.com reg 1986 *[1] |
gs.com reg 1996 |
gs.com reg 1991 |
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General Dynamics |
GE (General Electric) |
Georgia Pacific |
Goldman Sachs |
H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) |
Defense |
Tech Conglomerate |
Paper |
Financial Services |
Fashion |
83,500 people |
327,000 people |
50,000 people |
32,500 people |
73,000 people |
27.2 billion $ |
172.7 billion $ |
19 billion $ |
53.57 billion $ |
8.05 billion $ |
from Falls Church / USA |
from Fairfield / USA |
from Atlanta / USA |
from NY / USA |
from Stockholm / Sweden |
hp.com reg 1986*[1] |
jj.com reg 1998 |
kp.com aquired 2005*[3] |
kt.com aquired 2006*[3] |
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HP (Hewlett Packard) |
Johnson & Johnson |
Kaiser Permanente |
KT ex Korea Telecom |
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Computers |
Consumer Goods |
Health Care |
Telecom |
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321,000 people |
119,000 people |
169,000 people |
37,500 people |
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118 billion $ |
61 billion $ |
34 billion $ |
76 billion $ |
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from Palo Alto / USA |
from New Brunswick / USA |
from Oakland / USA |
from Seongnam / South Korea |
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lq.com aquired 2002 |
me.com aquired 2008*[3] |
ml.com reg 1990 |
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LQ La Quinta |
LV= (Liverpool Victoria) |
Me.com by Apple |
Merrill Lynch |
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Hotels |
Financial Service |
Computer Service |
Finance & Insurance |
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9,000 people |
1,750 people |
60,000 people |
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62.6 billion $ |
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from Irving / USA |
from Bornemouth / UK |
from Cupertino / USA |
from NY / USA |
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ms.com reg 1993 |
ni.com reg 1994 |
nt.com reg 1990 |
pb.com reg 1992 |
pg.com reg 1992 |
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Morgan Stanley |
National Instruments |
Nortel |
Pitney Bowes |
Procter & Gamble |
Investment Services |
Technology |
Telecom |
Business Services |
Consumer Goods |
48,000 people |
4,000 people |
32,500 people |
36,100 people |
138,000 people |
62.2 billion $ |
820 million $ |
10.9 billion $ |
6.1 billion $ |
83.5 billion $ |
from NY / USA |
from Austin / USA |
from Montreal / Canada |
from Stamford / USA |
from Cincinnati / USA |
rd.com aquired 2000 |
rj.com aquired 2005 |
sc.com aquired 2008*[3] |
sk.com aquired 2001*[3] |
st.com reg 1993 |
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Readers Digest |
Royal Jordanian |
Standard Chartered |
SK Group (ex Sunkyung) |
STMicroelectronics |
Magazine / Media |
Airline |
Banking |
Energy & Telecom |
Semiconductors |
30 planes |
73,000 people |
30,000 people |
52,000 people |
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11 billion $ |
88 billion $ |
10 billion $ |
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from Pleasantville / USA |
from Amman / Jordan |
from London / UK |
from Seoul / South Korea |
from Geneva / Switzerland |
td.com aquired 2000 |
ti.com reg 1986**[1] |
ul.com reg 1994 |
up.com reg 1994 |
ur.com aquired 1999 |
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TD Toronto Dominion |
Ti Texas instruments |
Underwriters Laboratries |
Union Pacific Railroad |
United Rentals |
Bank |
Electronics |
Labs |
Railways |
Equipment Rental |
51,100 people |
30,200 people |
6,808 people |
48,200 people |
10,900 people |
19.5 billion $ |
13.8 billion $ |
72,302 products |
17.9 billion $ |
3.2 billion $ |
from Toronto / Canada |
from Dallas / USA |
from Omaha / USA |
from Omaha / USA |
from Greenwich / USA |
vb.com aquired 2007 |
vw.com reg 1994 |
wb.com reg 1996 |
wf.com aquired 2000 |
wy.com reg 1994 |
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VB Virtual Banks |
VW Volkswagen |
WB Warner Bros |
Wells Fargo |
Weyerhaeuser |
Bank Portal |
Automobile |
Entertainement |
Bank |
Paper |
373,000 people |
276,000 people |
49,900 people |
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93 billion $ |
11.7 billion $ |
53.6 billion $ |
16.9 billion $ |
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from Mettlach / Germany |
from Wolfsburg / Germany |
from Hollywood / USA |
from San Francisco / USA |
from Federal Way / USA |
yr.com reg 1995 |
xl.com aquired 2004*[3] |
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YR Young & Rubicam |
XL Airways |
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Ads |
Airline / Tour Operator |
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16,000 people
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from NY / USA |
from Paris / France |
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| *[1] US Tech Companies that understood the Internet years ahead of it´s time - Domain among the very first 100 Domains to be registered |
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| *[3] Non published multi million Dollar Transactions | ||
| *[5] LV.com - LVMH / Louis Vuitton failed to get the domain from it´s inital owner, Manifest Info Service (domain registered 1995) via a 2006 WIPO Courtcase. Again in 2007 LVMH failed to buy the famous LV.com .... now owned by Liverpool Victoria. | ||
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