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...Sodium Nitrite deal in the history of organized chemicals. After all, a federal judge had given the Concorde the go-ahead to land in New York City, we could put a man on the moon, so why the phosphoric acid couldn't the University's team of Bocuse-trained, Michelin-three-star chefs get the green light on Walnut/Bac-o/Cyclamate burgers? They could put Tang and Xylitol in orbit, but why weren't they allowed to put them in the Union...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Just a Bowl of Nitrites | 9/30/1977 | See Source »

...billion today. French officials are actively encouraging firms to move abroad. Says Premier Raymond Barre: "You can't take on the Germans and the Americans, let alone the Japanese, unless you have a well-diversified international industry, which implies foreign direct investment on an ever increasing scale." Michelin, the big tire firm, is leading the way with plans to spend upward of $400 million to produce its radial tires in four American plants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENT: A Safe Haven for Frightened Funds | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

...state has attracted foreign factories worth about $1.7 billion, and some 40% of this investment is located in Spartanburg. Hoechst, Germany's chemical giant, operates a $300 million fiber plant there; Switzerland's Sulzer makes textile machinery, as does Italy's Pignone, and within a year Michelin will open a $100 million truck tire factory near the Milliken research center. All told, companies from eight countries have plants in the area, employing 4,500 local citizens. Richard Tukey, head of the local Chamber of Commerce, has just returned from a trip to Holland, Italy, Belgium and Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Oompah in the Bible Belt | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

...Michelin, the French tiremaker may eventually pump $1.5 billion into plants in South Carolina. The company has already sunk $300 million into three new factories. One that is being built in Spartanburg may well employ 1, 200 people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BOOM: Surging to Prosperity | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...Eugenie-les-Bains near Lourdes is about to receive a top rating of 19 points in this year's edition of the Guide Gault-Millau, France's sprightliest food publication. (The spa also has a gourmand menu for the calorie-careless.) The more conservative and authoritative Guide Michelin, which awarded two stars to Guérard's first restaurant, Le Pot au Feu, outside Paris, has just given two stars to the Eugenie-les-Bains establishment-an unusual distinction for what is, after all, essentially a fat farm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Hold the Butter! Dam the Cream! | 3/29/1976 | See Source »

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