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File Description [top]

D&B WorldBase^® - Who Owns Whom, File 522, is a worldwide company directory containing over 16.4 million records linking firms to their corporate family, showing the corporate structure size and hierarchy, with key information about the firm (such as lines of business and DUNS numbers), parent firms, headquarters, branches, and subsidiaries worldwide. Corporate family structure information is provided in one easy-to-read online record. Firms from around the world are included.

File 522 has been enhanced with a Record Type field enabling precision retrieval of records of interest. Record types of Marketable,Non Marketable, Active, Inactive, and Linked are searchable as SF= and can be displayed with tags SF or RT. While online, enter Help News522 for details of the record types.

The file name has been changed to D&B WorldBase^® - Who Owns Whom, from D&B - Who Owns Whom^® to to better reflect the content from D&B. The database is developed from interviews conducted by D&B's staff of business analysts located around the world, as well as government sources, large volume mailings, and third-party sources.

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Subject Coverage [top]

Firms chosen represent all types of industries including:

• Manufacturing
• Retail trade
• Wholesale trade
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Construction
• Financial services
• Educational institutions
• Business services
• Professional services

Public, private, and government-run companies are included. To view the regions that are included Expand RG=. For countries included, Expand CN=.

Dialog File Data [top]

Related Search Aids [top]

To learn more about the six types of preformatted D&B reports, such as what the reports contain, applications, key features, sample reports, and more, please see:

http://support.dialog.com/searchaids/dialog/dnb.shtml

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Directories

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
• REPORT Available
• MAP Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

Contact [top]

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

D&B - Dun's Market Identifiers^®, D&B - International Dun's Market Identifiers^®, D&B - European Dun's Market Identifiers^®, D&B - Canadian Dun's Market Identifiers^®, D&B - Dun's Electronic Business Directory, D&B WorldBase^® - Who Owns Whom: Access to and use of these Dun & Bradstreet databases is subject to the following Terms of Agreement between You and the company, partnership or entity, if any, with which You are affiliated (hereinafter collectively referred to as "You" or "Your") and Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. ("D&B"). By accessing one of the D&B databases specified above, You agree that You have the authority to enter into the Terms of Agreement and that You have read the Terms of Agreement, understand them and agree to be bound by them. These databases and the information contained in them ("Information") may be used by End Users and Information Professionals as defined below. The terms in Part A apply to End Users, those in Part B apply to Information Professionals and those in Part C apply to ALL users.

A. Terms Which Apply to End Users

1. You are an "End User" if You are obtaining the Information (a) for Your own use if You are an individual or (b) for the use of someone within Your company or business if You are a business. You are NOT an end user if You fit into any of the following categories: a consultant accessing Information on behalf of a client, a librarian accessing Information on behalf of a patron not employed within the librarian's company or any other Information Professional accessing Information to provide to a client. (The above list is NOT meant to be all inclusive.) Many (but not all) non-End Users may still access Information subject to the special terms and conditions applicable to Information Professionals (see Part B).

2. All information ("Information") furnished by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. ("D&B") to Dialog's and provided to You is licensed for Your exclusive use. You may not provide the Information in whole or in part to any third party. You agree that You will not use the Information as a factor in establishing an individual's eligibility for (a) credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family or household purposes, or (b) employment. You further agree that You will not use the Information to engage in unfair or deceptive practices nor will You republish, relicense or resell the Information. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless D&B from any claim or cause of action against D&B and/or Dialog's arising out of or relating to use of the Information by individuals or entities which have not been authorized by this agreement to have access to and/or use the Information. You may not use the Information if You are located in South Africa.

3. You may make up to two (2) copies of the Information and keep them for as long as You wish for Your own use. If You participate in the Dialog's Electronic Redistribution and Archive program, You may make and internally distribute or archive for internal use the number of copies permitted thereby. You must include the following notice on each copy: Copyright (YEAR) Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. (Use the year provided by DIALOG.)

B. Terms Which Apply to Information Professionals

1. An "Information Professional" means a person, business or entity who is accessing Information on behalf of (a) another company, (b) another entity or (c) an individual not employed by the information professional. Information Professionals can include (but are not limited to) the following: information brokers, librarians and libraries, consultants, advertising agencies, public relations firms and research firms. For purposes of these Terms of Agreement, the following are not considered Information Professionals and may not access the Information at all: telemarketers, distributors of mailing lists, marketing agents, etc. (This list is not all-inclusive.) Licensees, agents, gateway service operators and other commercial redistributors are also not considered Information Professionals and therefore may not access the Information under these Terms of Agreement. Such entities should contact D&B's Online Services directly to discuss access arrangements. Information professionals must register with D&B and sign the D&B IP Agreement PRIOR to accessing Information. If D&B determines that You are an information professional and You have signed the Dun & Bradstreet Information Professional Agreement ("D&B IP Agreement"), D&B agrees to license the Information to You subject to the terms in the D&B IP Agreement and the terms in Part B and C hereof.

2. Each time You access Information You will be acting on behalf of a single customer who is an End User (see definition of End User in Part A). You may access up to 500 D&B records per search and make and provide one copy of such records to Your customer who has engaged You to conduct a specific search, provided that You place D&B's copyright notice on the material. (You may also keep one copy for back up purposes.) You may not provide the same Information to another customer without replicating the search. Your customer may subsequently use the Information according to the provisions of Parts A and C hereof. Before You provide more than 500 records per search to a customer You agree that You will follow the procedures specified in the D&B IP Agreement. D&B reserves the right to terminate this agreement immediately if You misrepresent the usage of information to D&B.

3. You will not provide Information to any person, company or entity You know or have reason to believe will misrepresent, republish, resell or relicense the Information or will use the Information to engage in unfair or deceptive practices.

4. You may sort the Information, edit it, reformat it, record it electronically and combine it with other information so long as You are acting with respect to a specific order prepared for one End User. You may not otherwise merge the Information with non-D&B Information or alter the Information to create the whole or any portion of a mailing list, telemarketing list, other marketing or research aid or other data compilation sold or licensed by You to a third party.

5. When You make copies of the information, You must include the following notice: Copyright (YEAR) Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. (Use the year provided by DIALOG.)

6. You will not knowingly provide Information to a customer located in South Africa.

C. Terms Which Apply to Both End Users and Information Professionals

1. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE AMOUNT YOU PAY TO Dialog FOR THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM D&B WILL IN MOST INSTANCES REPRESENT A SMALL PORTION OF YOUR OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT, TASK OR FUNCTION FOR WHICH THE INFORMATION WILL BE USED. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE TYPE OF INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY D&B TO Dialog AND FURNISH TO YOU WILL CONTAIN A DEGREE OF ERROR. FINALLY, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PRICES WHICH D&B CHARGES Dialog FOR INFORMATION ARE BASED, IN PART, UPON D&B'S EXPECTATION THAT THE RISK OF ANY LOSS OR INJURY WHICH MIGHT BE INCURRED BY YOU (AND/OR YOUR CUSTOMER IN THE CASE OF AN INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL) IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION WILL BE BORNE BY YOU (AND/OR YOUR CUSTOMER IN THE CASE OF AN INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL) . FOR THESE REASONS, YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THAT ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY D&B TO Dialog AND FURNISHED TO YOU IS SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE FOR YOUR PURPOSES. NEITHER D&B NOR Dialog MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ITS CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR WITH RESPECT TO THE MEDIA ON WHICH THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND NEITHER D&B NOR Dialog SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY ARISING OUT OF OR CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY D&B'S OR Dialog's NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS IN REPORTING, COMMUNICATING OR DELIVERING THE INFORMATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO YOU.

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3. IF, NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 ABOVE, LIABILITY CAN BE IMPOSED ON D&B AND/OR Dialog, THEN YOU AGREE THAT D&B'S AND Dialog's AGGREGATE LIABILITY, IF ANY, FOR ANY AND ALL LOSSES OR INJURIES TO YOU (AND/OR YOUR CUSTOMER IN THE CASE OF AN INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL) ARISING OUT OF ANY ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF D&B AND/ OR Dialog IN CONNECTION WITH ANYTHING TO BE DONE OR FURNISHED HEREUNDER, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OR INJURY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) AND REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, SHALL NEVER EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE SERVICES FURNISHED HEREUNDER DURING THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTH PERIOD OR $5,000, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, AND YOU COVENANT AND PROMISE THAT YOU WILL NOT SUE D&B AND/OR Dialog FOR AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN SUCH SUM AND THAT YOU WILL NOT SEEK PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN ANY SUIT AGAINST D&B AND/OR Dialog.

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5. You understand that You are the beneficiary of a contract between D&B and Dialog and that, under that contract, both D&B and Dialog have reserved certain rights which may result in the termination of Your right to receive Information from D&B. In addition, D&B may terminate this Agreement at any time if You breach any of its terms.

6. These Terms of Agreement are subject to change at any time by D&B and are in addition to those found in the Dialog Customer Agreement. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Agreement and the Dialog Information Customer Agreement, then these Terms of Agreement will apply. These Terms of Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to its conflicts of laws provisions.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

² Includes primary and secondary U.S. SIC codes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

³ Used for United States records only. United Kingdom counties are indexed under State/Province fields: ST=, IS=, US=.

⁴ Searchable in both English and the local language.

⁵ Retrieves all companies in the Corporate Family.

⁶ Retrieves the branches of the headquarters company.

⁷ Retrieves the subsidiaries of the parent. (In the case where the parent is the ultimate, also retrieves the parent company.)

⁸ The following entries are searchable with RG=: "AFRICA", "AUSTRALIA/ASIA", "EUROPE", "MIDDLE EAST", "SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA", and "NORTH AMERICA".

⁹ EXPAND SF= for a full list. SF= contains oragnization type, trade status, and record status. Record Types Marketable, Non Marketable, Active, Inactive are searchable using SF= and display using SF or RT display tags.

¹⁰ Full record prices are based on the number of members in a corporate family. Use Format 6 to view the number of family members present.

¹¹ To search date ranges, use 8-digit dates for the starting and the ending dates on either side of a colon, i.e., S PD=20110701:20110801 or FD=20110701:20110801.

LIMIT [top]

SORT [top]

RANK [top]

MAP [top]

REPORT OPTIONS [top]

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: D&B WorldBase® - Who Owns Whom[522]
Cost per DialUnit:                $11.47
Cost per minute:                   $2.33
Report Elements                    $0.39
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00       NA
     2    $4.00    $4.00
     3    $4.00    $4.00
     4    $2.75    $2.75
     5    $6.00    $6.00
     6    $1.25    $1.25
     9    $0.00    $0.00
    10    $1.50    $1.50
    11   $95.00   $95.00
    12  $124.00  $124.00
    13  $188.00  $188.00
    14  $232.00  $232.00
    15  $324.00  $324.00
    20    $1.50    $1.50
    27    $0.00    $0.00
KWIC95    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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File 522 cost note
Full record prices are based on the number of members in
the corporate family. The number of family members can
be viewed in format 6.
Full record prices are:
1   - 25   MEMBERS   $95.00
26  - 75   Members  $124.00
76  - 150  Members  $188.00
151 - 200  Members  $232.00
      200+ Members  $324.00
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