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The company began as Bass, the beer company which started in the late 1700s. In the late 1980s Bass bought Holiday Inns International and then gradually expanded its hotel business.

In the year 2000 they changed the emphasis of the business, selling the brewing arm and concentrating on the hotel business. (bbc.co.uk)

One in five of the shareholder base at Arm also failed to support the group’s resolution to give just 14 days’ notice of a general meeting. (The Financial Times)

Switzerland has rejected India's request for legal assistance in investigating two Swiss companies suspected of bribing Indian officials to win arms deals. (Reuters)

National coat of arms is a symbol which denotes an independent state in the form of a heraldic achievement. While a national flag usually is being used by common people and is flown outside and on ships, the national coat of arms is normally seen as the symbol of the government or in monarchies even rather for the head of state personally and used in print and on porcelain and as wall decorations in parliamentary buildings. (Wikipedia)