Business and Industry Flashcards
Parent company of NBC
General Electric
Founder of Kodak
George Eastman
Top soy sauce maker
Kikoman
Headquarters of Federal Express
Memphis TN
Headquarters of General Electric
Schenectady NY
Owner of Jeopardy! And Columbia-Tri Star
Sony
Headquarters of Land-O-Lakes
Minneapolis MN
Parent company of CBS
Westinghouse
Pancake brand started in 1893
Aunt Jemima
Top US shipping company
Federal Express
Headquarters of Heinz
Pittsburgh PA
Headquarters of Rubbermaid
Worster OH
Headquarters of Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis MO
Steve Jobs’ original partner
Steve Wozniak
Top-selling US motor oil company
Pennzoil
State that incorporates half of the Fortune 500 companies
Deleware
Headquarters of Kellogg
Battle Creek MI
Ford CEO
Jacques Nasser
Top US prescription medicine outlet
Walgreen’s
Only major motorcycle maker in US
Harley-Davidson
Aaron Ward’s middle name
Montgomery
Headquarters of Nike
Beaverton OR
Founder of CBS
William Paley
Largest US tire and rubber company
Goodyear
Company whose symbol is a monocled peanut
Planters
Hula Hoop maker
Wham-O
Dallas semiconductor company
Texas Instruments
Apple CEO
Steve Jobs
Auto maker who declared bankruptcy in 1940
Preston Tucker
Scandinavian airline
SAS
San Francisco high tech catalogue company
Sharper Image
Dell Computer CEO
Michael Dell
Pony Express owners
Wells Fargo
“Kleenex” maker
Kimberly-Clark
2nd largest US chemical company
Dow
US largest exporter
Boeing
Headquarters of Proctor and Gamble
Cincinnati OH
WWI flier and Eastern Airlines chairman
Eddie Rickenbacker
Maker of Zima
Coors
Founder of McDonald’s Restaurants
Ray Kroc
Vermont ice cream maker
Ben and Jerry’s
Founder of FOX entertainment
Rupert Murdoch
Dutch airline; the world’s oldest
KLM
Walt Disney CEO
Bob Iger
Maine company with outdoor gear catalogues
L.L. Bean
Founded Chicago’s largest department store in 1881
Marshall Field
Headquarters of Pillsbury
Minneapolis MN
US largest mail order company
Montgomery Ward
Delaware chemical company
DuPont
Capital Cities network
ABC