Word: birmingham
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Over the years (the company dates to 1824, when John Cadbury, a Quaker in Birmingham, England, opened a shop selling tea, coffee and chocolate), Cadbury has snapped up some impressive brands, including such names as Dr Pepper, 7Up, A&W, Canada Dry, Sunkist and Snapple, which came as part of its merger with Schweppes in 1969. On the candy side, it was Stitzer's 2003 acquisition of Adams, which included the Halls, Dentyne and Trident brands, that transformed Cadbury into the world's largest confectionery company...
...JOHN BIRMINGHAM, 43, author If I was visiting, I'd stay at the Emporium Hotel, tel: (61-7) 3253 6999, so I would be close to its cocktail bar, which is very chichi. I'd throw down some nice champagne and then head out for dinner. If I was looking for a loud Sydney-style restaurant I might go to Era Bistro, tel: (61-7) 3255 2033, at West End, where the food is edgy and there's plenty of hubbub. Or I might try an old favorite in the city, E'cco Bistro, tel: (61-7) 3831 8344, where...
...Toyota, which sank nearly $2 billion in the Tundra project, has the capacity to build 400,000 pickup trucks but will probably sell only 150,000. "The vehicles have not done as well as they expected," said Alan Baum, an analyst with The Planning Edge in Birmingham. But trucks now sit on dealer lots for 64 days before they sell. "That's almost unheard of for Toyota," said Tom Libby, an analyst with J.D. Power & Associates. "They could have cut the price but they decided not to," he added...
...cart-related trips to the emergency room jumped from an estimated 5,772 in 1990 to 13,411 in 2006, a 132% increase. The highest injury rates were among males ages 10 to 19 and those over 70, according to a study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. And these aren't scratches from falling into a sand trap. The wounds include concussions, fractures, even hemorrhages...
...When Lilly Ledbetter began working at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in 1979, she too knew nothing of her peers' paychecks. She was hired as a supervisor at its Birmingham, Ala., tire plant, doing all the work her male colleagues did. She says she hauled tires off machinery for inspection, rotated through every division and pulled many hours of overtime. She helped launch a new plant that made truck tires. Throughout, she says she earned bonuses and plaudits for solid work...