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ALDI, short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany. The chain is made up of two separate groups, ALDI Nord (North - operating as ALDI MARKT) and ALDI Süd (South - operating as Aldi Süd), which operate independently from each other within specific market...

Alderwoods Group, formally The Alderwoods Group, Inc., was a provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services in North America with operations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Its executive office is in Toronto, Ontario, and it has administrative offices in Cincinnati, Ohio...

Marketing Strategy of Alcoa, Inc : Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) (from ALuminum Company Of America) is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal.[4] From its operational headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alcoa conducts operations in 31 countries. Alcoa is...

Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. became the world's largest Aluminium company when Rio Tinto PLC's Canadian subsidiary, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., completed a friendly acquisition of Canadian company Alcan Inc. on November 15, 2007. On this date, Alcan Inc. was renamed Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.. Alcan Inc...

Albertsons (officially New Albertson's, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based SuperValu, is a supermarket retailer that operates 463 grocery stores in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, southern California, Florida and certain parts of Utah [1]...

Alberto-Culver is an American corporation with international sales whose principal business is manufacturing hair and skin beauty care products under such brands as Alberto VO5, Andrew Collinge, St. Ives (skin care products), TRESemmé, FDS, Consort, and Nexxus. It is the number one manufacturer...

Alberta Energy Company Ltd. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1973 Employees: 700 Sales: US $664 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: Toronto Montreal New York SICs: 1382 Oil & Gas Exploration and Production; 1389 Pipelining; 5052 Petrochemicals Company History: Alberta Energy Company...

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) is a chemical company with corporate headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is a globally recognized specialty chemical manufacturing enterprise. The Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company opened in 1887 with the production of kraft paper, also known as...

Alba-Waldensian, Inc. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1961 Employees: 750 Sales: $75.24 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: American Ticker Symbol: AWS NAIC: 315111 Sheer Hosiery Mills; 315192 Underwear & Nightwear Knitting Mills; 339113 Surgical Appliance & Supplies Manufacturing; 42232...

Statistics: Government-Owned Company Incorporated: 1914 Employees: 644 Sales: $105.7 million (2002) NAIC: 482110 Line-Haul Railroads; 487110 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land Company Perspectives: Building a Great Railroad in a Great Land: to be profitable by focusing on safe, high...

Alaska Air Group Inc., is an aviation holding firm / corporation based in SeaTac, Washington which owns two certificated airlines operating in the United States: Alaska Airlines[3] and Horizon Air.[4] In 1985, it was formed and a year later the holding company acquired Horizon Air and Jet...

Enterprise Holdings, Inc. is a privately held company formed in 2009 to operate rental car subsidiaries: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, Alamo Rent A Car, WeCar and its commercial fleet management, used car sales, and commercial truck rental operations.[1] Enterprise Holdings was...

Alamo Group Inc. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1969 as Terrain King Employees: 1,342 Sales: $200.5 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: ALG NAIC: 333112 Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing; 333111 Farm Machinery and Equipment...

Alain Afflelou is a French retail chain specializing in optical services and sales of the Alain Afflelou brand of eyewear. Created in 1972 in Bouscat by Alain Afflelou (The shop in question still exists), and as of 2007, the company had over 894 stores, 201 of which were in Spain [1]. In 2006...

Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc. Statistics: Cooperative Incorporated: 1936 as Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Cooperative Employees: 2,000 Sales: $324.12 million (2003) NAIC: 115110 Support Activities for Crop Production Company Perspectives: An unselfish dedication to the mutual objectives of...

Akzo Nobel N.V., trading as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational, active in the fields of decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 55,000 people. Sales in 2009 were...

The Electrolux Group (OMX: ELUX B, NASDAQ: ELUXY) is a Swedish[2] appliance maker.[3][4] As of 2010 the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world,[5] its products sell under a variety of brand names, including its own, and are primarily white goods and vacuum cleaners.[6] The company...

Akorn, Inc. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1971 Employees: 313 Sales: $56.7 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: AKRN NAIC: 334517 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing; 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufactur-ing; 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a law firm founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1945 by Robert Strauss and Richard Gump. The firm now numbers more than 800 attorneys and advisers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has offices in Dallas, Washington, D.C., Austin, San...