Dutch East India Company
Western kingdoms in Africa were successful and became overpopulated quickly. As these people migrated to the east and south, these areas became developed very quickly.
British East India Company is one of the company. It was present in 1800s.
Initially over Carthage's expansion in Spain, but overall it became a struggle for control of the Western Mediterranean.
Isabel Peron who was married to president juan peron and elected vise president became the first woman head of state in the Western Hemisphere.
Western Electric became Lucent Technologies
Standard Oil of New Jersey no longer has a stock symbol. They were founded in 1870 but became a defunct company in 1911.
The Bank of America is the parent company of the LaSalle Bank. It was acquired from ABN AMRO in 2007. The LaSalle brand became defunct on 2008, when all branches were renamed as Bank of America.
It means dead or inactive; having ceased to exist. It's an adjective. "The toaster became defunct because I blew it up while trying to make toast." or "Dinosaurs are a defunct species."
John D. Rockefeller made his fortune from oil. He founded the company Standard Oil in 1870. Standard Oil became defunct in 1911.
Abbey National, founded in 1944, became a part of the Suntander Group in the year 2004. In 2010 it was combined with Bradford and Bingley. It is now defunct.
Studebaker was founded by the five Studebaker brothers. Their names were Clem, Henry, Peter, Jacob, and John. The Studebaker company was founded in February 1852 and became defunct in May 1967.
NEGEA was a company with gas and electric holdings in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Due to regulations that required a company with both gas and electric holdings be entirely within one state, the company divested itself of its holdings outside of Massachusetts. Through a series of mergers and reorganizations, various companies such as Provincetown Electric, New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Company,Cambridge Electric Light Company, Plymouth County Electric and others became Commonwealth Electric and Commonwealth Gas. These companies merged with Boston Edison and became NSTAR.
Western Arms Corp Santa Fe NM was an importer in the 1960's and 1970's, but got sued by Winchester-Western over the company name. It became Allen Firearms in 1984, named after the owner. In 1987, the company was bought out by Cimarron.
Marshall Tigers, the East Texas League minor league baseball team, was created in 1936 and played until 1940 when they became defunct.
Edward Johnson is known for being an associate of Thomas Edison and being a partner in an organization which became the General Electric Company. He died in 1917.
The name of the girl in the Oldsmobile commercial is not known. Oldsmobile is a former American car brand that became defunct in 2004.