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History. The Company was founded in 1463 and received a Royal Charter in 1605. As a guild it was concerned with the sale and quality of fruit brought into London, training apprentices, supporting its members and doing charitable works. The connection of the Company to the fruit trade had diminished by the late nineteenth century, but in the ...
Bradley Fighting Vehicle, a United States family of armored fighting vehicles. Benjamin Franklin Village, a United States Army installation in Germany. Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, the German domestic intelligence agency. Buriram Airport, an airport in Thailand (IATA airport code: BFV)
United Fruit Company lobbying The former headquarters of the United Fruit Company, in New Orleans. The company played a key role in instigating the 1954 coup d'état. By 1950, the United Fruit Company's (now Chiquita) annual profits were 65 million U.S. dollars, twice as large as the revenue of the government of Guatemala.
Boston Fruit Company's "Golden Vale" plantation, Jamaica, ca.1894. Merged with United Fruit Company in 1899. The Boston Fruit Company (1885-1899) was a fruit production and import business based in the port of Boston, Massachusetts. Andrew W. Preston and nine others established the firm to ship bananas and other fruit from the West Indies to ...
Borassus flabellifer is a robust tree and can reach a height of 30 metres (98 ft). The trunk is grey, robust, and ringed with leaf scars; old leaves remain attached to the trunk for several years before falling cleanly. The leaves are fan-shaped, and 3 m (9.8 ft) long, with robust black teeth on the petiole margins.
Back then, the stock price was around $240. Today, it's around $130. It's a relatively small position for Berkshire, valued at around $1 billion, but this looks like a great opportunity to buy one ...
Mercosur. Russia ( EU–Russia Common Economic Space) Andean Community. South Korea (European Union–Korea Free Trade Agreement) European Union Central American Association Agreement (EU–CAAA) EFTA is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs: Algeria. Albania. MERCOSUR.
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