LTV is a commonly used acronym for more than one topic and therefore considered a disambiguation page by Wikipedians. It may refer to:

• 1) Latvijas Televīzija - Latvian Television
• 2) Ling-Temco-Vought - A US defense manufacturing company.(See below)
• 3) Loan to value- A mathematical term used commonly in banking and lending to indicate the ratio between a loan and a property.

In depth descriptions of the above acronyms may be available at the appropriate link page. Below is the full entry from Ling-Temco-Vought page also referred to as LTV within the defense industry. Latvijas Televīzija (Latvian Television or LTV) is the state-owned public service broadcasting television company in Latvia. ... LTV (disambiguation) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. ... Loan to Value is an expression of the loan amount as a percentage of the total appraised value of a piece of real estate. ...

A Corsair II aircraft made by Ling-Temco-Vought. This example, photographed at an English airshow in 2005, is still in use with the Greek Air Force.

Ling-Temco-Vought was a large US conglomerate. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1939x1365, 466 KB) Ling-Temco-Vought TA-7C Corsair II of the Greek Air Force, taxying at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1939x1365, 466 KB) Ling-Temco-Vought TA-7C Corsair II of the Greek Air Force, taxying at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. ... A conglomerate is a large company that consists of divisions of often seemingly unrelated businesses. ...

In 1947 entrepreneur James Ling founded his own Dallas electrical contracting business, Ling Electric Company, where he lived in the rear of the shop. After incorporating and taking his company public in 1955, Ling found innovative ways to market his stock, including selling door-to-door and from a booth at the State Fair of Texas. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... James Jimmy Ling (born 1922) is a US businessman and former head of Ling-Temco-Vought corporation. ...

In 1956, Ling bought L.M. Electronics, and in 1959 added Altec Electronics, a maker of stereo systems and speakers. In 1960, Ling merged his company with Temco Aircraft, best known for their missile work, and using additional funding from insurance businessman Troy Post, they bought the famous Chance Vought aerospace firm. The new company became Ling-Temco-Vought, with a combined sales of $2.7 billion in 1969. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A missile (CE pronunciation: ; AmE: ) is, in general, a projectile—that is, something thrown or otherwise propelled. ... Vought is the name of several related aerospace firms. ... Look up aerospace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Aerospace refers to the broad field of air and space travel and the associated research. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

With low interest rates allowing the company to borrow huge sums, Ling proceeded to build up one of the major 1960s conglomerates. As long as the target company's earnings exceeded the interest on the loan (or corporate bond), or the company's price/earnings ratio was less than that of LTV's stock, the company became more profitable overall, and its share prices rose. In 1964 Ling started a holding company and established three public companies, LTV Aerospace, LTV Ling Altec, and LTV Electrosystems (later E-Systems, and now part of Raytheon), mirroring the original companies that formed LTV. This action raised capital, allowing Ling to raise more loans and buy more companies. The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... For alternate meanings, such as chemical bond, see Bond (disambiguation). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... Raytheon Company NYSE: RTN is a major United States military contractor based in Waltham, Massachusetts. ...

In 1965, Ling added the wire and cable company Okonite. In 1967 they bought Wilson and Company, noted for their golfing equipment, but also involved in meat-packing and pharmaceuticals. He later spun each of these divisions into separate companies traded on the American Stock Exchange; they soon acquired the trader nicknames "Golfball," "Meatball," and "Goofball," respectively. 1968 added Greatamerica, Post's holding company for Braniff Airways and National Car Rental, and J & L Steel. In addition he acquired a series of resorts in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. By 1969 LTV had purchased 33 companies, employed 29,000 workers, and offered 15,000 separate products and services, and was one of the forty biggest industrial corporations. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Golf is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... One of many different airplane livery designs of Braniff International Airlines. ... National Car Rental is a rental car company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... The earliest foundations of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company appeared in 1853 and 1859 when two iron-producing enterprises began operations several miles (c 4km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

In 1969 investors found that the conglomerates were not growing any faster than the individual companies had before they were bought out. Share prices plummeted, sparking a bear market, and there was a general feeling that the conglomerates were to blame for the market woes. An anti-trust lawsuit was filed that year, and eventually the board of directors demoted Ling in 1970, and he left the company, to be replaced by former LTV executive, Paul Thayer. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... A bear market is a phase in the life of a financial market, such as a stock market, in which the prices of most securities fall consistently, as reflected by a downward movement of one or more key stock market or other financial market indices. ... It has been suggested that Board of Trustees be merged into this article or section. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In the 1971 antitrust settlement, LTV sold its Braniff and Okonite components, and Thayer changed the company name from Ling-Temco-Vought to LTV Corporation. In 1975, after leaving the company himself, Thayer was involved in a suit over fraud in the sale of unregistered securities and was succeeded by former Xerox executive Raymond Hay. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Xerox Corporation NYSE: XRX is the worlds largest document-management company, providing the industrys broadest range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ...

After a series of divestitures, and including the 1984 merger of the Jones and Laughlin subsidiary with Republic Steel Corporation, the company continued to exist primarily as a steel producer, renamed itself LTV Steel, and moved its headquarters to Cleveland in 1993. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Republic Steel was once the third largest steel producer in the United States. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

After suffering with the rest of the steel industry, LTV Steel filed for bankruptcy on December 29, 2000. The assets were acquired and merged with Weirton Steel to form the International Steel Group. Founded by Earnest T. Weir in 1909, Weirton Steel is a fully integrated steel producer and one of the worlds largest producers of tin plate products. ... Mittal Steel Company N.V. (NYSE: MT) is the worlds largest steel producer. ...

External links

• LTV Steel - Western Reserve Historical Society