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Global, Inc.

GAG is the most successful subsidiary of Global, Inc., only surpassed by Galactic Mining in profits.

GAG also is the sole vehicle manufacturer for GPS; producing police interceptors, tanks, Humvees, and armored assault vehicles.

Globe Shopper
From the likes of Wal-Mart and LexMart comes the newest subsidiary: Globe Shopper. Like the aforementioned entities, Globe Shopper is a superstore and a supermarket all-in-one megastore. The company prides itself on providing top quality goods and products at affordable prices.

Galaxy Communications
Acquired during the mid-2000's, Galaxy Communications has grown to be the premier news and entertainment provider for a majority of the world. And thanks to Global's partnership with Ferris Aircraft and NASA, it is one of the few companies that is allowed to broadcast T.V. signals to Mars and Venus, as a part of the Sister Planets Cooperative (SPC)--a subdivision of the SPDI. These satellites also enable NASA to facilitate communication with its own assets.

Galactic Mining
Created in 2009 and known as GalMin amongst those of the mining industry, it is the most unique part of the megacorporation Global, Inc. It is one of only a handful of private entities that are allowed to mine asteroids and comets. It is the third most profitable; trailing just behind Spartan Interstellar (#2) and LexMining (#1), and light years ahead of Kord Industries (#4).

The company uses equipment from the aerospace division of GPS to access and extract the raw materials. The raw materials are processed and refined at the Chinese division of the corporation, due to environmental concerns from shuttle re-entry. The refined materials are then shipped stateside to be used in the production of large scale batteries to be used for automobiles and other heavy equipment.

The idea for the mining company in space came from a conversation between Global, Inc. CEO, Joseph Graves, and several Heads of State at the G8 Summit of 2007, where discussions were held on solutions for dealing with large asteroids known as Near Earth Objects (NEOs). With their approval, he was allowed to construct massive interplantary cargo transports (MICTs) and orbital defense platforms (ODPs). These spacecraft are some of the largest ever created, and are rumored to be able to traverse the vast distances between stars at lightning speeds. Such capabilities have been denied to existence by top level officials.

Global Air
Provides low-priced air service for both passengers and cargo, for both domestic and international routes. With its main hub in Pittsburgh, Pa., and smaller regional hubs in Coast City, Ca., and Gotham, Ct., this mid-sized budget airline is a go to service for vacationers and businesses  alike.

This division of the corporation also manufatures it's own aircraft, as well as all aircraft for GPS.

Global Express
Global Express (commonly known as GlobEx) is a long distance shipping company that operates internationally. Although cargo and heavy freight are its main focus, GlobEx has a subdivision, known as Financial Express (FinEx) that specializes in long distance currency and monetary transport, as well as shipping high-risk, high-security items.

All vehicles produced for this division are made by the Global Automotive Group.

Global Rail
Global Rail is a low priced, high speed rail passenger and cargo service and railroad company that mostly operates within the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe, with expansion considerations in Africa and limited service in Russia, China, and Southeast Asia. The later being only transport service with none of the associated permanent assets typical of a railway company, such as track, stations, sorting yards, or large scale maintenance facilities. There are small scale maintenance facilities that are located on the outskirts of Moscow and Beijing, however, but these are rarely used due to high life expectancy of the equipment.

As with all other subsidiaries of Global, Inc., this division also produces its own equipment.

Global Advanced Research Program
Known as GARP, this company is a privately-financed, government co-op that specializes in researching and creating the advanced technologies used by every subsidiary of Global, Inc. They operate and fund several projects and facilities, including their own Global Advanced Research Facility (GARF) in Gotham, across North America and Europe, and is headquartered in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood inside a massive research facility (GARF-Hell).

It was created in 2009 as a way to consolidate and facilitate research projects done in every subsidiary.

This program has produced and facilitated the development of:

- High-yield Lithium Ion Batteries
- Advanced Polymer Manufacturing
- Production of Carbon Nanotubes
- Production of Graphene
- Advance Metallurgy
- EM Drives
- Advanced Targeting Computers
- A.I.
- W.I.L.S.O.N.
- Stealth Technology

There are many more projects that are being developed, by they are not allowed to be show due to the integrity of national security.

A Look Toward the Future...
Global, Inc., is of the most successful private entities in history, surpassing that of Wayne Tech and LexCorp, and is continuing to look toward the future to provide  "...a brighter tomorrow, today...".

With that being said, the company is always expanding. Case and point is Global Rail's recent expansion into the continent of Africa. This expansion will operate under the name Global Rail Africa (GRA) and will be a subdivision of Global Rail. It hopes to connect the whole of Africa by rail before 2030, as a way to reduce stress on the poorly developed highway and road systems that crisscross the continent and provide an easier and safer way to transport goods and people from one point on the continent to another.

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this in-depth look at this fictional company that my brother created as is the basis for my writing. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.