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Packard Bell

maira — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:30:30 +0000

Packard Bell is a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Acer. It is a name that has been used by two different consumer electronics companies. The first was an American radio manufacturer founded in 1926, that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as television sets. Teledyne acquired the business in 1978. In 1986, investors bought the name for a newly formed personal computer manufacturer. Originally the company produced discount computers in the US, it later became a leader in the European market. NEC took it over in the late 1990s. Taiwanese Acer acquired it in 2008. (More on Wikipedia)

Banco de la Nación Argentina

maira — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:24:53 +0000

The bank was founded in 1891 by President Carlos Pellegrini on a site previously occupied by the first building to house the Teatro Colón. Its current president is Gabriela Ciganotto, who stated the main goal of the BNA in her inauguration speech as “putting [the bank] at the service of production, especially small and medium businesses, and not of speculation.”

The bank’s reputation suffered after it was revealed that bribes had been received by the board of directors in 1994 when contacting IBM for the supply of computers, software, and communication equipment, becoming a prominent scandal during the administration of Carlos Menem. (More on Wikipedia)

Banesto

maira — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:02:04 +0000

Banesto (officially Banco Español de Crédito, S.A., “Spanish credit bank”, BMAD: BTO) is a Spanish bank, 88.4% owned by Banco Santander. Ana Patricia Botín, daughter of Santander president Emilio Botín, chairs the bank. Currently Banesto is the fifth-largest banking group in Spain, operating around 1,900 branches (an increase of almost 300 since the end of 2004).

Outside of Spain, it is most remembered as the sponsor of a cycling team that featured Miguel Indurain, the first rider to win five consecutive Tours de France. Today’s Caisse d’Epargne team is the direct descendant of this team. (More on Wikipedia)

Red Bull

maira — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:21:02 +0000

Red Bull is an energy drink which was inspired by a Thai product and is produced and sold by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH.^[1] In 2006, more than 3 billion cans were sold in over 130 countries. The beverage’s slogan is “It gives you Wings.”
Red Bull was originated from an energy drink from Thailand called Krating Daeng. Red Bull is the literal translation of Krating Daeng in Thai. (Krating = Bull, Daeng = Red) The logo of Red Bull is even the same as logo of Krating Daeng. Dietrich Mateschitz, an Austrian entrepreneur developed the Red Bull Energy Drink brand. Mateschitz was the international marketing director for Blendax, a toothpaste company, when he visited Thailand in 1982 and discovered that Krating Daeng helped to cure his jet lag. (More on Wikipedia)

Bodegas Ventura de Vega

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:47:38 +0000

Bodegas Ventura de Vega are a family winery making quality Vega Esteban wines from Extremadura in Spain.

Bodegas Ventura de Vega is a family winery from one of the newest D.O.s in Spain – Ribera del Guadiana. We offer modern, fruit-driven wines with an exciting New World presentation package and Spanish grape varieties.

Bulmers Original

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:27:12 +0000

Bulmers Original Vintage Cider is a brand of cider produced in Ireland. To prevent confusion with the English cider of the same name, it is sold outside of the Republic of Ireland (including in Northern Ireland) as Magners Original Irish Cider.

Commercial cider production was started in Clonmel, County Tipperary in 1935, by local man William Magner.^[1] Magner bought the orchard from a Mr Phelan from Clonmel. Magner quickly established a successful business, and in 1937 he joined forces with the English cider-makers H. P. Bulmer and Company.^[2] Dowds Lane in Clonmel was the location of this burgeoning enterprise.

In 1949 Magner withdrew from the business and the Bulmers name came to the fore. However H.P. Bulmer maintained international rights to the Bulmers trade mark, which prevented the Irish company exporting the brand from Ireland.

In 1964 the company name was changed to Showerings (Ireland) Ltd. Soon afterwards the company moved its main processing operations to a new complex at Annerville, five kilometres from the centre of Clonmel heading east on the N24 Waterford road, which was opened in 1965 by the then Taoiseach, Seán Lemass. (More on Wikipedi a)

Blackberry

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:40:52 +0000

BlackBerry is a line of wireless handheld devices which was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager. In 2002, the more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry was released, which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services as well as a multi-touch interface. It is an example of a convergent device. Developed by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM), it delivers information over the wireless data networks of mobile phone service companies. BlackBerry first made headway in the marketplace by concentrating on e-mail. RIM currently offers BlackBerry e-mail service to non-BlackBerry devices, such as the Palm Treo, through the BlackBerry Connect software. The original BlackBerry device had a monochrome display, but all current models have color displays. (more on Wikipedia)

Warner Bros

maira — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:37:51 +0000

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Warner Bros. Pictures, or simply Warner Bros.—the shortened form of the former official, sometimes still used, formal corporate name: Warner Brothers^[2]) is one of the world’s largest producers of film and television entertainment.

It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com and DC Comics. Warner owns half of The CW Television Network. (More on Wikipedia)

Black&Decker 1

maira — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:40:18 +0000

Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK) is a corporation based in Towson, Maryland, USA, that makes and markets power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology based fastening systems.
Black & Decker (the corporation) is distinct from “Black & Decker” the brand; the latter is used by more than one corporation. In particular, “Black & Decker”-branded household products in the Americas (but outside of Brazil) are marketed by a division of Applica, a Florida-based corporation much smaller than Black & Decker Corporation.

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