Word: smithburg
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chicago, marathoner Tom Smithburg works out daily and, in place of morning coffee, downs a megadose of ginseng: 1,000 mg, vs. the recommended maximum of 600 mg. "Coffee is a drug," says Smithburg, a public relations representative of the Chicago Bulls. "I hear more people complaining that they have headaches over the weekend from not getting their caffeine...
...Oats, Snapple soft drinks have been proving hard to swallow. Quaker paid $1.7 billion for Snapple in 1994, only to watch the acquisition lose $100 million in 1995. Quaker's stock has fallen from $37.50 to $33 in the past year, even as the market bubbled. So CEO Bill Smithburg is under pressure to get profits flowing again at the $6.3 billion company. The board even canceled his bonus. Quaker's Gatorade sports drink is No. 1 in its category. But the company has more modest aims for Snapple, which has less than 5% of the soft-drink market...
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