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J. Crew Group, Inc. markets several lines of casual men's and women's clothing through distinctive catalogs, a chain of retail stores, and the company web site. Each year the company issues 24 editions of the J. Crew catalog, distributing more than 80 million copies. Its retail stores include...

J. Alexander's Corporation is a Nashville, Tennessee-based chain of 27 full-service, casual dining restaurants (as of December 28, 2003), located in a dozen states but mostly in Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida. The chain offers contemporary American cuisine, with an emphasis on high-quality...

J. Baker, Inc., is the leading U.S. retailer of clothing and footwear for the men's big and tall market, which comprises some 16 million consumers. As of October 1999, the company operated 450 Casual Male Big & Tall stores, over 90 REPP Big & Tall stores, some 50 REPP Premier stores, the REPP By...

Iwerks Entertainment, Inc. designs and manufactures high-technology, software-based entertainment attractions. The company's products combine advanced theater systems with entertainment or educational software to create multi-sensory attractions found at location-based entertainment centers...

Itron, Inc., provides products and services to utility companies, helping its customers to collect, manage, and analyze data gathered from electricity, water, and gas meters. The company designs and manufactures devices that automate meter reading. Itron also offers a range of software and...

Japanese company Itoham Foods Inc. produces and markets fresh meat and processed meat and sausage products. The company also manufactures and distributes other food products, including edible oils, dairy products, wine, and frozen foods. Itoham has subsidiaries in the United States as well as...

Itel Corporation is a diversified transportation and logistics company. Its principal business operations are divided between the following subsidiaries: Anixter Distribution and ANTEC are leading U.S. suppliers of wiring system products for voice, data, and video communications as well as for...

One of the largest producers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the world, Isuzu Motors, Ltd. also produces sport utility vehicles, pickups, and diesel engines. Isuzu ventured into the passenger car market in the 1980s, but pulled out in 1991 after its passenger line dragged the company into...

Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale S.p.A. (IRI), once the largest non-oil producing company in the world outside the United States, was by the mid-1990s a company in decline. Established in 1933 as a prop for failing Italian banks, the state-owned holding company grew over the years to...

Israel Chemicals Ltd. (Hebrew: כימיקלים לישראל בע"מ) (TASE: ICL), also known as ICL, is a multi-national Israeli manufacturing concern that develops, produces and markets fertilizers, metals and other special-purpose chemical products. ICL was formed in 1968 as a conglomerate of the Dead Sea...

Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI) is a state-owned aerospace manufacturer. IAI has accounted for about 9 percent of Israel's exports and is the country's largest employer. The company's strengths include overhauling and converting jet fighters and large commercial transports, and...

In just ten years Ispat International N.V. has grown from an obscure fringe company to become one of the top four steelmakers in the world. Led by Calcutta, India's Lakshmi Mittal, registered in the Netherlands but more or less run from the company's London office, Ispat (the Hindi word for...

Ispat Inland Inc. is the sixth largest steel producer in the United States. Formerly a unit of Inland Steel Industries, it was acquired by Ispat International N.V. in 1998. Inland has long been one of the most innovative and technologically advanced integrated steel mills. In the early 1980s...

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., only a decade old in 2000, had by then already grown into one of the ten largest, publicly-held gaming corporations in the nation. By 2001, it ranked seventh and was still growing. The company owns and operates 11 riverboat and dockside casinos in Louisiana...

Isetan Company Limited is one of Japan's leading department store companies, particularly noted for its merchandising strength in the area of high-fashion apparel for women in their 20s and 30s. It has compensated for its comparatively late entry into the field by innovation and niche-building...

Iscor Limited has surprised the worldwide steel industry by shedding its valuable mining assets--spun off as publicly listed Kumba Resources in 2001--and restructuring itself as one of the world's lowest cost producers of flat steel and long steel products. Iscor also has shown itself as one of...

Based in Toronto, Irwin Toy Limited is a leading Canadian developer, manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of toys. Irwin sells its own products and the goods of foreign companies, under license, to toy dealers in Canada, which accounts for about 90 percent of company sales. It also licenses...

Iron Mountain, Inc., is the largest records and information management company in the world. The company provides a full range of records storage and management services to the business sector, health care industry, law profession, and management consulting industry throughout the United States...

Irkut Corporation is a leading developer and producer of aircraft and aviation products. In March 2004, Irkut became Russia's first publicly traded defense company. Originally the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory, one of the Soviet Union's major manufacturers of combat aircraft, including the MiG-23...

Irish Life & Permanent Plc (ILP) is the Republic of Ireland's third largest financial institution. The combination of Irish Life, Irish Permanent, and TSB Bank, ILP operates in both the insurance and retail banking markets. Irish Life carries out the group's insurance operations and is the...