Hudson's Bay Company

Target entity: Hudson's Bay Company
Context triple: [British Empire, majorCompany, Hudson's Bay Company]

• A. The Manhattan Company
  The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
• B. Muscovy Company
  The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
• C. Reading Company
  Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• D. British East India Company
  The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.
• E. Bonbright and Company
  Bonbright and Company was a prominent early 20th-century American investment banking firm known for its work in public utilities and infrastructure finance.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Hudson's Bay Company
Target entity description: Hudson's Bay Company is a historic Canadian retail and fur-trading enterprise founded in 1670 that became one of the oldest and most influential commercial institutions in North America.

• A. The Manhattan Company
  The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
• B. Muscovy Company
  The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
• C. Reading Company
  Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• D. British East India Company
  The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.
• E. Bonbright and Company
  Bonbright and Company was a prominent early 20th-century American investment banking firm known for its work in public utilities and infrastructure finance.
• F. None of above. chosen