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HBC

British  

abbreviation

  1. Hudson's Bay Company

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2013, it was bought by HBC, a holding company of which Baker was executive chairman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Separately, Coca-Cola and longtime partner Gutsche Family Investments reached a $2.6 billion deal to sell a majority stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa to Coca-Cola HBC, a Switzerland-based strategic bottling partner.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

HBC, which owns Elstree Film Studios, previously agreed to rebuild the stages in the future, although plans remain unclear.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

HBC, which was founded in Nigeria in 1951, said volumes in the country declined by a low-single digit percentage due to temporary lack of availability of local currency.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

The apex of the temporal lobe extends a little in front of N. The supra-marginal convolution lies in the triangle HBC.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander