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Clyde Coombs

Clyde Coombs (1912–1988) was an American mathematical psychologist at the University of Michigan known for pioneering multidimensional scaling, qualitative measurement, and the ideal point model of preference.

Clyde Jones Jr.

Clyde W. Jones Jr. is an American politician and Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Alabama's 1st District in 2026, and a retired Army first sergeant.

Clyde Kluckhohn

Clyde Kluckhohn (1905–1960) was an American anthropologist at Harvard known for decades of fieldwork among the Navajo and for founding the Harvard study of values.

Clyde Tolson

Clyde A. Tolson (1900-1975), J. Edgar Hoover's associate director and FBI number two from 1931 to 1972; heir to most of Hoover's $551,500 estate; romantic nature of their four-decade partnership unconfirmed.

Clyde Vanel

Clyde Vanel is a Democratic New York State Assembly member representing Queens' 33rd district since 2017, known for legislation on artificial intelligence, robotics, and blockchain.

Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα), queen of Mycenae in Greek myth, wife of Agamemnon; with Aegisthus she murdered him on his return from Troy, avenging his sacrifice of Iphigenia, and was killed by their son Orestes; Homer makes Aegisthus the killer, Aeschylus makes her one.

CM/ECF

CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Case Files) is the US federal judiciary's case management and electronic filing system, used by all federal courts except the Supreme Court; PACER is its separate fee-based public-access viewing side.

CME Group

CME Group Inc. is an American operator of derivatives exchanges and clearinghouses, running CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX from Chicago, with record volume of 26.5 million contracts daily in 2024.

CMI

CMI, or Corporación Multi Inversiones, is a Guatemalan family-owned food and energy conglomerate founded in 1920, employing over 54,000 people in more than 15 countries and owning the Pollo Campero fried chicken chain.

Cmmt Partners

CMMT Partners is a family of commercial real estate credit funds managed from Los Angeles by an affiliate of CIM Group, with its flagship fund launched in 2016.

CMOC Group

CMOC Group, also known as China Molybdenum, is a Chinese mining company and the world's largest cobalt producer, with major copper-cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

CMPC

CMPC, formally Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones, is a Chilean forestry, pulp, paper, packaging, and tissue corporation founded in 1920 and controlled by the Matte family.

CMR Surgical

CMR Surgical is a British medical-technology company in Cambridge that makes the Versius surgical robot, used to treat more than 45,000 patients in over 30 countries.

CMS Energy

CMS Energy is a Michigan-based energy holding company whose principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, delivers electricity and natural gas to 6.8 million of Michigan's 10 million residents.

CMT (American TV channel)

CMT (Country Music Television) is an American basic cable channel founded by Glenn D. Daniels, launched March 5, 1983 as CMTV, first video Faron Young's "It's Four in the Morning", now Viacom/Paramount-owned, home of the fan-voted CMT Music Awards.

Cmt Digital

CMT Digital is the Chicago-based digital-asset venture capital arm of CMT Group, a quantitative trading firm founded in 1997; it closed its fourth crypto fund, $136 million, in October 2025.

CN Tower

The CN Tower, also known as Canada's National Tower, is a 553-meter communications and observation tower in Toronto, Canada, built for Canadian National between 1973 and 1975.

CNBC

CNBC (Consumer News and Business Channel), US cable business-news network launched April 17, 1989; NBCUniversal/Comcast-owned, now a VERSANT brand; bought FNN in 1991 for $154 million; HQ Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

CNET

CNET (c|net): American consumer technology news and reviews site founded 1992 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, online since 1995; owned by CBS, then Red Ventures ($500M, 2020), then Ziff Davis ($100M+, 2024); rated Center by AllSides, Least Biased by MBFC.

CNEX Labs

CNEX Labs is a semiconductor startup founded in 2013 in San Jose, California, that develops PCIe SSD controller chips and software for cloud and hyperscale data centers.

CNN

CNN (Cable News Network), founded by Ted Turner in Atlanta and launched June 1, 1980, was the world's first 24-hour television news network; now under Skydance-owned Paramount after the 2026 Warner Bros. Discovery buyout.

CNN Center

CNN Center, Atlanta downtown complex opened 1976 as Omni International, CNN headquarters 1987-2023, sold 2021 to CP Group, reopened 2026 as The CTR.

CNN controversies

CNN controversies cover the network's retractions (Tailwind 1998), Zucker and Lemon exits, the $5 million Young defamation verdict and 2025 settlement, bias ratings, and the 2026 Trump White House ban litigation.

CNN International

CNN International (CNNI), CNN's 24-hour English-language international news channel launched in 1985, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery; five regional feeds, production centers in Atlanta, London, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong, over 200 countries.

CNN Philippines

CNN Philippines (CNN PH) was a defunct Philippine free-to-air English-language news channel owned by Nine Media Corporation under license from CNN/Warner Bros. Discovery; launched March 16, 2015, closed January 31, 2024 amid financial losses.

CNN-News18

CNN-News18 (formerly CNN-IBN) is a 24-hour English-language Indian news channel launched December 5, 2005, rebranded April 2016. Wholly owned by TV18 Broadcast Ltd under CNN brand license, part of Network18/Reliance; headquartered in Noida.

CNPC Capital

CNPC Capital (中油资本) is the Shenzhen-listed financial holding platform of China National Petroleum Corporation, formed in 2016 by restructuring the engine maker Jinan Diesel Engine.

Cnut

Cnut the Great (Knútr inn ríki), Danish king of England (1016–1035) and Denmark (c. 1019–1035), son of Sven Forkbeard, conqueror, ruler of Norway, guest at Conrad II's Roman coronation in 1027, dead 12 November 1035.

Co Mat vien

The Co Mat vien (Cơ Mật viện) was a council of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam, created in 1834 to advise Emperor Minh Mang on secret state matters.

Co-founders of Qualcomm

The five lesser-known Qualcomm co-founders besides Irwin Jacobs and Andrew Viterbi were Harvey White, Adelia Coffman, Franklin Antonio, Andrew Cohen, and Klein Gilhousen, all former Linkabit colleagues who met in July 1985.