* Furniture Brands International, a Clayton, Missouri, USA-based furniture company

Just before the banana industry's largest strike in 1954, approximately 35, 000 workers held jobs on the banana plantations of the United Fruit Company ( later United Brands Company, then Chiquita Brands International ) or the Standard Fruit Company ( later brought by Castle and Cook, then Dole Food Company ).

A forty-two-day strike at the Tela Railroad Company ( owned by Chiquita Brands International — formerly United Brands and United Fruit Company ) was unsuccessful, however, and that defeat temporarily ended union efforts at direct confrontation.

The Honduran government and two banana companies — Chiquita Brands International and Dole Food Company — owned approximately 60 percent of Honduras's cultivable land in 1993.

Chiquita Brands International and Dole Food Company now account for most Honduran banana production and exports.

Dole Food Company and Chiquita Brands International together have invested heavily in Honduran industries as diverse as breweries and plastics, cement, soap, cans, and shoes.

Bruce won the Race of Champions at the Brands Hatch circuit and Hulme won the International Trophy at Silverstone, both non-championship races, before Bruce took the team's first championship win at the Belgian Grand Prix.

* Tecumseh, Furniture Brands International, Hancock Fabrics, Inc., Magnolia Fabrics, Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Mississippi, H. M. Richards, JESCO Construction, MTD Products, Savings Oil Company ( Dodge's Stores ), and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company all operate or are headquartered in Tupelo and Lee County.

* Horton Watkins, former GM of the International Shoe, now Furniture Brands International

The Broyhill Furniture company, one of the largest furniture companies in the United States and part of Furniture Brands International, recently closed its headquarters in Lenoir.

Lane Furniture Industries is owned by Furniture Brands International, which also owns other well-known brand name companies.

In 1984, Carl Lindner, Jr. transformed United Brands into the present-day Chiquita Brands International.

In August 1984, Lindner took control of the company and renamed it Chiquita Brands International.

* " Our Complex History ", from the Chiquita Brands International 2000 Corporate Responsibility Report ( via Archives. org )

* 1999 – Nabisco acquires Favorite Brands International

* In the field of business, Rider graduates include: Neil B. Friedman, president of Mattel Brands ; Thomas J. Lynch, CEO of Tyco Electronics ; Donald Monks, Vice Chairman & Chief Administrative Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon ; Mike Pulli, CEO of Pace plc ; Thomas O ' Riordan, former CEO of American Sporting Goods Corporation ; Robert Schimek, Senior Vice President & CFO American International Group ; Ronald Schlosser, chairman & CEO of Haights Cross Communications ; John T. Spitznagel, chairman & CEO of Oceana Therapeutics ; Howard Stoeckel, CEO of Wawa ; Kenneth Yen, CEO of China Motor Corporation ; Meg Walsh, president of Medscape Consumer and internationally-recognized authority in e-health ; and Michael F. Lee, Jr., CAIA, Regional Director of Hatteras Funds

The CEO of United Brands Company ( now Chiquita Brands International ) used his briefcase to shatter an external window and then jumped out of the forty-fourth story window to his death on Park Avenue.

Clayton, the original 1944 voice of Chiquita Brands International | Chiquita Banana, was married to Godfrey's director, Saul Ochs.

Meeting in New Delhi under the auspices of the International Commission of Jurists, a body of lawyers from the free world, the Congress redefined and expanded the traditional Rule of Law to include affirmative governmental duties.

Yet your list of things left undone did not include repeal of the Connally amendment to this country's domestic jurisdiction reservation to its Adherence to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

To include all these, and control characters compatible with the Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique ( CCITT ) International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2 ( ITA2 ) standard, Fieldata, and early EBCDIC, more than 64 codes were required for ASCII.

Private and alternative education institutions for children in preschool-12th grade include Regents School of Austin, Redeemer Lutheran School, Garza ( public ), Austin Discovery School ( public charter ), Austin Jewish Academy, The Austin Waldorf School, The Griffin School, The Khabele School, Concordia Academy, St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic School, Holy Family Catholic School, San Juan Diego Catholic High School, Brentwood Christian School, St. Austin Catholic School, St. Stephen's Episcopal School, St. Mary's, St. Theresa's, St. Michael's Catholic Academy, St. Gabriel's Catholic School, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, St. Francis Episcopal School, Saint Paul Lutheran School, Trinity Episcopal School, Huntington-Surrey, Cleaview Sudbury School, The Inside Outside School, ACE Academy, Paragon Preparatory Middle School, Austin International School, The Progress School and a number of Montessori schools.

Common targets include the World Bank ( WB ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) and free trade treaties like the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA ), the Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services ( GATS ).

Other rules include International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, or US GAAP.

His honorary degrees include doctorates from Yeshiva University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Bar Ilan University, Brandeis University, and Florida International University.

Coleman served as Chief of Robotics for the Astronaut Office, to include robotic arm operations and training for all Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.

Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

Local brands owned by British American Tobacco include: Benson & Hedges ( Bangladesh ), Belmont ( Colombia, Chile and Venezuela ), Jockey Club ( Argentina ), Stradbroke ( Australia ), Hollywood ( Brazil ), du Maurier ( Canada ), Prince ( Denmark ), North State ( Finland ), HB ( Germany ), Sopianae ( Hungary ), Wills ( India ), Ardath, Bentoel, and Country ( Indonesia ), Carrolls, Carrolls Kings, Grand Parade, Black Allen ( Germany ), Sweet Afton, Major ( Ireland ), Boots, Alas ( Mexico ), Gold Leaf ( Bangladesh, Pakistan ), Jan III Sobieski ( Poland ), Yava Gold ( Russia ), Courtleigh ( South Africa ), Benson & Hedges, Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Perilly's, Peter Stuyvesant, and Rothmans ( Malaysia ), Parisienne ( Switzerland ), Maltepe ( Turkey ) and Xon ( Uzbekistan ), Marlboro ( with Philip Morris International ) ( Bangladesh ) Craven A ( Vietnam and Jamaica ) as well as BAT snus, Holiday, Freedom and Park Drive ( New Zealand ) Royals ( UK ), Embassy ( Kenya ), Viceroy, Newport, Lucky Strike in Dominican Republic and Delta in El Salvador.

They have found ways to continue to build their brands by using brand names for a bistro and cybercafes such as Benson & Hedges Bistro and Sampoerna A International Cyberworld, for stationery, accessories, clothing like Dunhill, Marlboro Classics, Davidoff, Perilly's, Pall Mall, John Player Specials, Winfield and Winston.

In 1983 he founded the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in Folkestone, Kent.

Immediately to the west across Pancras Road is St Pancras International, the London terminus of the Midland Main Line, Eurostar and high-speed trains to Kent via High Speed 1, and a major interchange for Thameslink services between and.

* Elephant & Castle station: ( First Capital Connect and Southeastern Trains suburban services to London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, St. Pancras International and north towards Luton, St. Alban's and Bedford ; and outer South London and south towards Kent )

Stratford International, located to the northwest, is on the HS1 line from St Pancras International to Kent, and is served by Southeastern domestic high speed services ; so far, no decision has been made for international Eurostar services to call.

Previously named Kent County International Airport, it holds Grand Rapids ' mark in modern history with the United States ' first regularly scheduled airline service, beginning July 31, 1926, between Grand Rapids and Detroit.

DAS Air Cargo also had an EASA 145 approved maintenance facility at Kent International Airport in the UK.

The village is situated to the west of Ramsgate and to the north east of Canterbury ; it lies just south west of Kent International Airport and just north of the River Stour.

: Lecturer, Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent.

For air travel, Medway residents must use Kent's main airports Kent International ( Manston ) or Lydd but these lack extensive passenger facilities or routes, thus the London airports are used the vast majority of the time ( mainly Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted )

Originally called Kent County Airport and later Kent County International Airport ; in December 1999 the airport was renamed for former resident Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States.

On January 27, 1977, Kent County Airport was renamed Kent County International Airport with the opening of a U. S. Customs Bureau Office in the main terminal building.

The airport is privately owned by Infratil, a New Zealand investment company which also owns Wellington International Airport and Kent International Airport at Manston Ramsgate.

As RAF Manston the aerodrome played an important role in the second World War and is now called Kent International Airport.

The town is situated directly under the flight path of Kent International Airport at Manston.

Since 13 December 2009 Southeastern began its full domestic high-speed service between London St Pancras, directly to Ebbsfleet International and Ashford in Kent.

* University of Kent ( Brussels School of International Studies )

It has campuses at Canterbury, Medway and Tonbridge, all in the county of Kent, and the Brussels School of International Studies, also known as the University of Kent at Brussels.