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Re:The oldest company in almost every country (that is still... by empath75 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:02PM (#22428906)
You could probably consider the British royal family a business.

But even if you don’t do that, for a long time the British empire was a corporation — the east India company.

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Re:The oldest company in almost every country (that is still... by Aeolun on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:16PM (#22429011)
Weren’t they just a majority shareholder?
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