[A bit of research online shows that 70% isopropyl alcohol in a 2:1 ratio with water seems to be the optimal solution to deice windows (if you have it on hand, methanol is recommended as well), and that it won't hurt your car's paint-job (although it might remove some wax).--OH ].
The Merck Group includes around 250 companies in 180 countries; the current main parent company of the group, since 1995, is named Merck KGaA, and is itself mainly owned by the former main parent company, E. Merck oHG, which now operates as a holding company.
CKX also owns So You Think You Can Danceproducer 19 Entertainment, Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali rights. NEW YORK -- CKX Inc., owner of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer 19 Entertainment, said Tuesday it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of financial firm Apollo Global Management. CKX also owns the rights to the likeness and names of Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali. The deal, which will take CKX private, values the company at about $509 million when multiplying the acquisition price with the number of outstanding company shares listed by Bloomberg.