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Graphic State
Graphic State Limited was a British video game developer based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. The company was founded by Claire Hill and Richard Whittall in 1997, specializing in games for the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance handheld devices, and operating Graphic State Wireless, a division developing games for mobile phones and Personal digital assistant, PDAs. Graphic State shut down in 2003, leaving two publisher-less projects cancelled. Games developed References {{UK-videogame-company-stub Defunct companies of England Companies based in Leamington Spa Video game development companies Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom Video game companies established in 1997 Video game companies disestablished in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ''Forbes'' survey of closely held U.S. businesses sold a trillion dollars' worth of goods and service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |