I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "Since over half of GE's revenue is derived from financial services, it is arguably a financial company with a manufacturing arm. It is also one of the largest lenders in countries other than the United States, such as Japan. Even though the first wave of conglomerates (such as ITT Corporation, Ling-Temco-Vought, Tenneco, etc.) fell by the wayside by the mid-1980s, in the late 1990s, another wave (consisting of Westinghouse, Tyco, and others) tried and failed to emulate GE's success.[citation needed]"? 

What is another name for a number  of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct  entities,such as GE?