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He owns as much as $500,000 worth of stock in Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate whose subsidiaries’ pipelines transported 8% of the natural gas Americans consumed in 2019.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2021

“We will continue to be committed to our overseas subsidiaries’ business and investment, and will provide necessary support to their healthy development,” the Anbang spokesman said.

From Reuters • Feb. 26, 2018

A footnote on each of the three Iowa subsidiaries’ financial statements said that without the permitted practice allowing the notes, they would be insolvent.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2015

The subcommittee has previously taken Hewlett-Packard Co. to task for setting up chains of short-term loans to make use of its foreign subsidiaries' cash at home without paying taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2013

Lehman said it decided that claims against the Lehman parent arising from guarantees of subsidiaries’ securities lending agreements don’t qualify as Class 5 senior debt under the Chapter 11 plan.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 15, 2011