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Cb Equity

CB Equity is the name under which the fund vehicles of Charlesbank Capital Partners, a Boston-based middle-market private capital manager formed in 1998, register their securities offerings with the SEC.

CBBC

CBBC (Children's BBC) is the BBC's advertising-free brand and digital TV channel for children aged about 6-12, launched 11 February 2002 alongside CBeebies, known for UK-made drama, Newsround, Blue Peter, and high parental approval.

CBC News

CBC News is the English-language news division of CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada's public broadcaster founded in 1941 and funded by parliamentary appropriation. Rated slightly left of center with high factual reporting; distinct from the French service Radio-Canada.

CBC Television

CBC Television, the English-language TV service of CBC/Radio-Canada (Canada's public broadcaster, 1936), began broadcasting September 6, 1952; holds 8.0% tuning share; regulated by CRTC with 85% Canadian programming expenditure requirements.

CBeebies

CBeebies is the BBC's British preschool television channel, launched in 2002 for children under six, with a charter remit to educate and entertain very young children, plus apps, radio, and international channels.

CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc., formerly Century Business Services, is an American professional services company serving middle-market businesses. Its 2024 acquisition of Marcum made it the seventh-largest US accounting services provider.

CBRE Group

CBRE Group, also known as CB Richard Ellis Group, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, operating in more than 100 countries.

CBRN defense

CBRN defense covers military and civilian measures against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards, including NATO's 2022 CBRN Defence Policy, the CJ-CBRND-TF, rescEU capability streams, NIOSH-certified respirators, and medical countermeasures.

CBS

CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major American commercial broadcast TV and radio network founded in 1927, now owned by Paramount Skydance, known for CBS News, 60 Minutes, NFL football, and top primetime ratings.

CBS Corporation

CBS Corporation was the American mass media company (2005-2019, revived after the Viacom split) owning the CBS Television Network, Showtime, Simon & Schuster, and CBS stations; controlled by National Amusements, it merged with Viacom on December 4, 2019 to form ViacomCBS.

CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News is CBS News' flagship weeknight evening newscast, launched May 3, 1948 as CBS TV News with Douglas Edwards, expanded to 30 minutes on September 2, 1963 under Walter Cronkite, and currently anchored by Tony Dokoupil.

CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American CBS television network, producing 60 Minutes, the CBS Evening News, and Face the Nation, with roots in radio news from 1927.

CBS News Sunday Morning

CBS News Sunday Morning is a 90-minute American Sunday morning news magazine that premiered January 28, 1979, created for Charles Kuralt, later hosted by Charles Osgood for 22 years and Jane Pauley, covering arts and culture.

CBS Sports

CBS Sports is the sports programming division of Paramount Skydance, formed April 11, 1955. It broadcasts NFL on CBS, March Madness, the Masters, and UEFA Champions League across CBS, Paramount+, CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports HQ, and Golazo Network.

CBS This Morning

CBS This Morning, renamed CBS Mornings in 2021, is CBS's weekday 7-9 a.m. network morning news show, launched January 9, 2012 with Charlie Rose, Gayle King, and Erica Hill, replacing The Early Show, and long third in ratings behind Today and GMA.

CCC

CCC refers to several entities: the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-42 New Deal program, 2.5 million enrollees), California Conservation Corps (1976 state youth program), Council of Conservative Citizens (1985 white supremacist group), and Canadian Commercial Corporation (1946 Crown corporation).

CCC Intelligent Solutions

CCC Intelligent Solutions, originally Certified Collateral Corporation, is a software company founded in 1980 that connects insurers and collision repairers through its SaaS and AI claims platform.

CCCP (disambiguation)

CCCP is the Cyrillic abbreviation of the USSR (СССР, SSSR), also an acronym for Central Committee of the Communist Party, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, the Italian band CCCP – Fedeli alla linea, the Combined Community Codec Pack, and Caltech astronomy projects.

Ccmp Capital Investors

CCMP Capital Investors is the family of private equity funds managed by CCMP Capital Advisors, a New York buyout firm formed from JPMorgan's private equity arm in 2006.

CCSH Corporation (长控集团)

CCSH Corporation (长控集团) is a Wuhan-headquartered semiconductor memory holding company founded in 2016 and parent of the Chinese 3D NAND flash maker YMTC, which it wholly owns.

CD Finance (中和农信)

CD Finance (中和农信) is a Chinese rural microfinance and agricultural-services company, the largest non-traditional lender serving China's rural market, which filed twice for a Hong Kong IPO in 2024.

CData Software

CData Software is a data connectivity and integration company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, offering about 270 drivers and connectors that let applications query and replicate enterprise data sources.

CDH Investments

CDH Investments (鼎晖投资), also known as CDH Capital, is a Beijing-based alternative asset manager focused on China, founded in 2002 by former CICC investment staff.

CDS – People's Party

CDS – People's Party (Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular, CDS-PP) is Portugal's conservative Christian democratic party, founded 19 July 1974 by Diogo Freitas do Amaral; allied with the PSD in the AD coalitions and in the EPP group.

CDU/CSU

CDU/CSU, the Union: alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), two separate parties that never compete, form one Bundestag group of 208 members, and have governed Germany under Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.

CDW

CDW Corporation is an American Fortune 500 technology solutions provider serving over 250,000 business, government, education, and healthcare customers in the US, UK, and Canada.

CE

CE (Common Era) is a year notation identical to AD, with BCE replacing BC; first used in Jewish-history works, B.C.E. attested 1881, adopted by England and Wales (2002), Australia (2011), MLA, NASA, and College Board.

Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl was a legendary Toltec priest-king of Tula, remembered as a ruler and high priest of the feathered-serpent god, closely conflated with the god Quetzalcoatl.

Cea Weaver

Cea Weaver, New York tenant organizer and DSA member, appointed January 1, 2026 as Director of Mayor Mamdani's Office to Protect Tenants; former executive director of Housing Justice for All and architect of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.

Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh

Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911–1978), Irish barrister, Attorney General, Chief Justice 1961–73, ECJ judge, and fifth President of Ireland 1974–76; first Irish president to resign, after Defence Minister Donegan's 'thundering disgrace' remark in October 1976.