First Union Corporation
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First Union Corporation was a major American bank holding company that grew rapidly through mergers and acquisitions before ultimately becoming part of Wachovia and then Wells Fargo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Union Corporation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11245176 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: First Union Corporation Context triple: [First Union Spectrum, sponsoredBy, First Union Corporation]
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Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation was a major American electric utility holding company in the early 20th century, known for its extensive regional power operations and for employing future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie as its president.
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B.
Bank One Corporation
Bank One Corporation was a major U.S. bank holding company that became one of the nation’s largest banks before its 2004 acquisition by JPMorgan Chase.
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C.
Gulf+Western
Gulf+Western was a large American conglomerate best known for owning Paramount Pictures and diversifying across entertainment, publishing, and manufacturing in the mid-20th century.
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D.
First Allied Corporation
First Allied Corporation is a private holding company and investment firm associated with the Glazer family, known for its interests in real estate and various business ventures.
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E.
First Security Corporation
First Security Corporation was a prominent regional banking and financial services holding company based in Utah, known for its extensive operations in the Intermountain West before being acquired by Wells Fargo.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: First Union Corporation Target entity description: First Union Corporation was a major American bank holding company that grew rapidly through mergers and acquisitions before ultimately becoming part of Wachovia and then Wells Fargo.
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A.
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation was a major American electric utility holding company in the early 20th century, known for its extensive regional power operations and for employing future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie as its president.
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B.
Bank One Corporation
Bank One Corporation was a major U.S. bank holding company that became one of the nation’s largest banks before its 2004 acquisition by JPMorgan Chase.
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C.
Gulf+Western
Gulf+Western was a large American conglomerate best known for owning Paramount Pictures and diversifying across entertainment, publishing, and manufacturing in the mid-20th century.
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D.
First Allied Corporation
First Allied Corporation is a private holding company and investment firm associated with the Glazer family, known for its interests in real estate and various business ventures.
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E.
First Security Corporation
First Security Corporation was a prominent regional banking and financial services holding company based in Utah, known for its extensive operations in the Intermountain West before being acquired by Wells Fargo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank holding company
ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Wachovia Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedInto | Wachovia Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | merged into Wachovia Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grewBy | mergers and acquisitions ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
diversified financial services company
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multi-state regional bank ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | First Union National Bank (core banking unit) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
contributed branch network to Wachovia
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contributed customer base to Wells Fargo through subsequent mergers ⓘ |
| hasMajorEvent |
merger with Wachovia announced in 2001
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rebranded under Wachovia name after merger ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorBankBrand | Wachovia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUltimateSuccessorBankBrand | Wells Fargo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Charlotte, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedWith | Wachovia Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aggressive acquisition strategy
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rapid expansion in the 1980s and 1990s ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
asset management
ⓘ
capital markets ⓘ commercial banking ⓘ investment banking ⓘ mortgage lending ⓘ retail banking ⓘ trust services ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. banking consolidation wave of the 1990s
ⓘ
history of Wells Fargo ⓘ |
| regulator |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federal Reserve System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Mid-Atlantic United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| successor | Wachovia Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | FTU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfEnterprise | public company ⓘ |
| ultimateSuccessor | Wells Fargo & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: First Union Corporation Description of subject: First Union Corporation was a major American bank holding company that grew rapidly through mergers and acquisitions before ultimately becoming part of Wachovia and then Wells Fargo.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.