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Inc: incorporated, corporation, an adjective describing a type of (business) company that carries certain legal obligations
Inc: Inc. is an abbreviation for Incorporated when it is used after a company's name. BP America Inc. In written advertisements, inc. is an abbreviation for including. a two-night break for £210 per person, inc. breakfast and dinner. = incl. incorporated. the written abbreviation of incorporated Ltd, plc plc. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc. Altria Group Inc. Anheuser Busch Co. Inc. Apple Computer Inc. Chiquita Brands International Inc. Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. Eastern Air Lines Inc. Gannett Co. Inc. General Mills Inc. Greyhound Lines Inc. Gulf & Western Inc. Kraft Foods Inc. Motorola Inc. Murder Inc. Nike Inc. Pan American World Airways Inc. PepsiCo Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. Texas Instruments Inc. Time Warner Inc. Trans World Airlines Inc. Travelers Inc. TRW Inc. Warner Bros. Inc. Western Electric Co. Inc
Inc.: {s} legally established as a corporation
Inc. Altria Group: U.S. holding company with interests in tobacco, foods, and financial services. Formerly called Philip Morris Cos., Inc., the group changed its name to Altria in January 2003. Its holdings include Kraft Foods, Inc. (including Nabisco), Philip Morris International Inc., and Philip Morris USA Inc. (see Philip Morris tobacco companies), and an interest in SABMiller PLC, which was created in 2002 from the merger of South African Breweries PLC and Miller Brewing Co. Philip Morris had acquired the Miller Brewing Co. in 1969. It continued to reduce its dependence on tobacco by acquiring General Foods (1985), Kraft Foods (1988), and Nabisco (2000), among others. In 1998, as part of the settlement of a suit brought against it and other cigarette manufacturers by 46 U.S. states, the company agreed to participate in paying more than $200 billion to the states for smoking-related health-care costs
Inc. Anheuser-Busch Co: Largest producer of beer in the world. Headquarters are in St. Louis, Mo., U.S. Its origins can be traced to a small brewery founded in 1852 and bought in 1860 by the soap manufacturer Eberhard Anheuser. In 1861 his daughter married Adolphus Busch, a brewery supplier. Busch pioneered the use of refrigerated railcars and of pasteurization in the brewing industry. In 1876 the company introduced a light-coloured beer called Budweiser; under August Anheuser Busch, Jr. (president 1946-75), and A.A. Busch III (president from 1975), it became the best-selling U.S. beer brand. The company also produces the Michelob brand. Among its other holdings are beverage-container manufacturing and recycling plants, media and advertising groups, and amusement parks, including the Sea World theme parks and Busch Gardens (Tampa, Fla.)
Inc. Chiquita Brands International: formerly (1970-90) United Brands Co. U.S. company specializing in tropical produce and processed foods. It was formed in 1970 by the merger of United Fruit Co., a grower and marketer of bananas, and AMK Corp., the holding company for the meatpacker John Morrell and Co. Chiquita owns and leases extensive farms and plantations in Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean. Over the course of the company's history, it has grown bananas, sugar, cocoa, and abaca and has harvested tropical woods, essential oils, and rubber. More recently the company has focused on bananas and other produce, and it also processes and distributes packaged foods. "Miss Chiquita," its well-known trademark, was introduced in 1944. The familiar Chiquita stickers were first applied to the company's bananas in 1963
Inc. Columbia Pictures Entertainment: Major U.S. film studio. It originated in 1920 when brothers Jack and Harry Cohn formed a company with Joe Brandt to produce short films and low-budget westerns. It became Columbia Pictures in 1924. Harry Cohn, who served as president and head of production from 1932 until his death in 1958, was the driving force behind its success. The studio produced the 1930s films of Frank Capra and many other successful films, including All the King's Men (1949), From Here to Eternity (1953), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and The Last Emperor (1987). After Columbia was purchased by the Coca-Cola Co. in 1982, it helped launch Tri-Star Pictures. The two studios merged in 1987 as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, which was bought by Sony Corp. in 1989
Inc. Eastern Air Lines: Former U.S. airline that served primarily the eastern U.S. Founded in 1928 as Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., it was incorporated in 1938 with Eddie Rickenbacker as its president. It flourished for several decades, adding flights to the Caribbean and South America. Severe financial reverses in the mid-1980s led to its sale to Texas Air Corp. in 1986 and its liquidation in 1991
Inc. Gannett Co: One of the largest newspaper groups in the U.S. It was founded by Frank Ernest Gannett (1876-1957), who in 1906 began buying small newspapers in upstate New York. It was incorporated in 1923. Its stock was first publicly traded in 1967. In 1982 it began publishing USA Today, the first national general-interest newspaper in the U.S. By 2002 it owned about 94 daily papers, with a combined circulation of 7.7 million. Most are located in small and medium-sized cities; its larger papers include the Des Moines Register and the Detroit News. Its headquarters, formerly in Rochester, N.Y., are now in Arlington, Va. It also owns about 20 television stations
Inc. General Mills: Leading U.S. producer of packaged foods, flour, breakfast cereals, snacks, and prepared mixes. General Mills was incorporated in 1928 to acquire Washburn Crosby Co. and four other milling companies. Specializing in cereals and flour products, the company introduced Wheaties and Cheerios breakfast cereals, Gold Medal flour, and Bisquick baking mix, as well as the Betty Crocker line of products. It diversified into industries such as toys and fashion in the 1960s but by the 1990s was again dealing exclusively with consumer foods. General Mills acquired one of its chief rivals, Pillsbury Co., in 2001. Its headquarters are in Minneapolis
Inc. Greyhound Lines: U.S. corporation that has provided the major intercity bus transportation in the U.S. and Canada. It was founded in 1926 as Motor Transit Management. Backed by the railroads, the company soon had a network of lines spreading across the country. It adopted its current name in 1930. By 1933 Greyhound's routes covered 40,000 mi (65,000 km). In the early 1980s deregulation of the bus-transit industry led Greyhound to drop many local bus lines. In 1987 Greyhound Corp. sold its bus operations, and Greyhound Lines, Inc., became an independent corporation devoted to intercity bus transportation. It was purchased in 1999 by Canada's Laidlaw Inc., a waste-management company
Inc. Kraft Foods: U.S. manufacturer and marketer of food products. It grew out of a wholesale cheese delivery business established in Chicago in 1903 by James L. Kraft. Incorporated as J.L. Kraft Bros. & Co. in 1909, it prospered by selling processed cheese to the U.S. Army during World War I. Held by various owners since 1930, Kraft was acquired in 1988 by Philip Morris Cos. (renamed Altria Group, Inc., in 2003), which also purchased Nabisco Holdings in 2000. Nabisco's business was integrated into Kraft's operations
Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Louis B. Mayer was executive head of the studio for 25 years, assisted by production manager Irving Thalberg. It reached its peak in the 1930s and '40s, when it had most of Hollywood's famous stars under contract. It produced such hits as Grand Hotel (1932), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), Ben-Hur (1959), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). It was especially celebrated for its lavish musicals, including The Wizard of Oz (1939), On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and Gigi (1958). MGM began to decline in the 1950s and sold off many of its assets in the 1970s. It diversified into hotels and casinos and later merged with United Artists Corp. as MGM/UA Entertainment. In 1986 it was bought by Ted Turner, who resold the production and distribution units. Various transfers of ownership led to its purchase in 1992 by Crédit Lyonnais, which restored the name MGM Inc. It was subsequently bought by Tracinda Corp
Inc. Motorola: U.S. manufacturer of wireless communications, electronic systems, and semiconductors. The company, headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., was founded in 1928 in Chicago by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin as the Galvin Manufacturing Corp. In 1930 the company began selling a low-cost automobile radio, called the Motorola. In 1947 the company changed its name to Motorola, and the next year it introduced a television set. Motorola licensed the design for transistors from Bell Laboratories in 1952 and began to sell them to other manufacturers in 1956. By 1962 the company had more than 4,000 different electronic components on the market. In 1974 Motorola released its first microprocessor for sale to computer makers. In 1993 the company developed the first consumer RISC (reduced-instruction-set computing) chip, the PowerPC, with IBM Corp. and Apple Computer, Inc. In the market for embedded microprocessors ubiquitous in such common items as kitchen appliances, pagers, video games, and handheld personal computers Motorola became the leading manufacturer. Motorola was also a leader in the development of cellular telephone systems. In 1989 the company introduced the MicroTAC flip phone, which quickly became an international status symbol
Inc. Murder: Popular name for an arm of the U.S. national crime syndicate founded 1930 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to threaten, maim, or murder designated victims for a price. Its services were available to any syndicate member anywhere in the country; many of its victims were themselves syndicate members who were killed for "business reasons." Its principal figures were Louis Buchalter, known as Louis Lepke, and Albert Anastasia. Investigated by Thomas Dewey, it was exposed in 1940-41 by a former member, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, who described some 70 murders and suggested hundreds more; he himself died mysteriously in the middle of the investigation
Inc. Pan American World Airways: known as Pan Am Former U.S. airline. It was founded in 1927 by former World War I pilot Juan Trippe, who secured a contract to fly mail between Key West, Fla., and Havana. In 1929 Pan Am established passenger service to the Caribbean and Central America. It inaugurated the first transpacific flights (San Francisco to Manila) in 1936, the first transatlantic flights (New York City to Lisbon) in 1939, and the first round-the-world flights in 1947, and it pioneered commercial jet travel in the 1950s. Its business declined in the 1960s and '70s, and its acquisition of National Airlines in 1980 failed to improve its position. In 1988 a bomb planted aboard a Pan Am 747 caused the airliner to crash near Lockerbie, Scot., killing 270 people. Despite selling its Asian and South Pacific routes to United Airlines and its transatlantic, European, and Middle Eastern routes to Delta Air Lines, it was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1991. In the late 1990s another group bought the rights to the Pan Am name and began operating flights as Pan American Airways
Inc. PepsiCo: U.S. conglomerate. The soft drink Pepsi-Cola was created by a pharmacist, Caleb D. Bradham, who gave his tonic its name (from Greek pepsis, "digestion") in 1898 and incorporated the Pepsi-Cola Co. in 1902. After two bankruptcies and several reincorporations, the Pepsi-Cola trademark and assets were bought in 1931 by Charles G. Guth, who improved the formula and marketed a 12-ounce bottle for five cents with huge success. Pepsi-Cola merged with the soda-fountain chain Loft, Inc., in 1941, and in 1965 it merged with Frito-Lay, Inc., adopting its current name, PepsiCo, Inc. In the 1970s and '80s PepsiCo bought restaurant chains such as Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Kentucky Fried Chicken, but in 1997 it spun off its restaurant business into a separate company, Tricon Global Restaurants. In 2001 the Quaker Oats Co. merged with PepsiCo
Inc. R.H. Macy & Co: in full R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. Major U.S. department-store chain. Its main outlet, the 11-story store that occupies a city block in New York City's Herald Square, was for many years the largest single store in the country. Rowland H. Macy (1822?-1877) established the business in 1858; its red star trademark was derived from a tattoo he bore. The Straus family acquired part interest in the company in 1887, took full control in 1896, and expanded the business by purchasing or building branch stores around the country. Forced into bankruptcy in 1992, Macy's agreed to a merger with Federated Department Stores, Inc. in 1994
Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings: U.S.-based tobacco company. Its origins date to the establishment of Richard Joshua Reynolds's tobacco-plug factory in Winston, N.C., in 1875. The Reynolds Tobacco Co. became a major manufacturer of tobacco products, notably Camel, Winston, and Salem cigarettes. Reynolds began to diversify in the 1960s, and in 1970 adopted the name R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. In 1985 R.J. Reynolds Industries acquired Nabisco Brands. The new company, named RJR Nabisco in 1986, was acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in 1989. It was the largest corporate transaction ($25 billion) of its time. KKR divested its ownership in 1995. In 1999 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company became a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. Nabisco was acquired by Philip Morris Cos. Inc. in 2000 and became part of the Philip Morris (renamed Altria Group, Inc.) subsidiary Kraft Foods, Inc
Inc. RKO Radio Pictures: U.S. film studio. It was created in 1928 as Radio-Keith-Orpheum when the Radio Corp. of America (RCA Corp.) acquired the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theatre chain and a production firm. In the 1930s RKO was noted for producing a series of musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn's early movies, as well as films such as Cimarron (1931), The Informer (1935), and Citizen Kane (1941). It was bought by Howard R. Hughes in 1948; his inattention doomed the company, and it ceased production in 1953 and was sold to Desilu Productions (1957). After numerous reorganizations, it continued as RKO General, operating radio and television stations and theatres
Inc. Texas Instruments: U.S. manufacturer of calculators, microprocessors, and digital signal processors. The direct antecedent to the company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, was founded by John Karcher and Eugene McDermott in 1930 to provide seismographic data for the petroleum industry. In 1958 Jack Kilby, a researcher at TI, coinvented the integrated circuit (IC), and in 1967 he invented the basic design for handheld calculators. In 1973 TI began to manufacture dynamic random-access memory (DRAM, commonly shortened to RAM) chips for use in computers, and in 1982 it introduced the single-chip digital signal processor (DSP), which it employs in cell phones, Global Postioning System (GPS) receivers, and adapters for computer networks
Inc. Trans World Airlines: Former U.S. airline acquired by the AMR Corp. Formed in 1930 as Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., from two smaller airlines, the company established the first coast-to-coast service that same year, flying from Newark, N.J., to Los Angeles in 36 hours. In 1946 TWA began flights between New York City and Paris, and it expanded by the 1950s to routes through Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It adopted its present name in 1950. Howard R. Hughes was its principal stockholder and guiding genius from 1939 to 1960-61, when he lost control to a group of investors. Financially troubled since the 1980s, TWA continued to operate despite twice landing in bankruptcy court in the 1990s. It was acquired by AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, in 2001
U.S. Inc: The United States commercial community considered as a single organization; or the commercial interests of the United States considered as a whole
Actiontec Electronics, Inc.: {i} company that manufactures a series of voice/fax modems for IBM-compatible computers, leader in Broadband Communication and networking devices
Agrex Inc.: {i} one of Japan's chief companies which is a provider of information technology system solutions
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.: {i} Japan's largest producing company of seasonings and lysine (and other amino and nucleic acids used in sweeteners), producer of nutritional supplements and animal foods
Amiga Inc.: operating systems and software development company with headquarters in Washington (USA)
Apple Computer Inc: Microcomputer design and manufacturing company, the first successful personal-computer company. It was founded in 1976 by Steven P. Jobs and Stephen G. Wozniak, whose first computer was manufactured in the Jobs family's garage. The Apple II (1977), with its plastic case and colour graphics, launched the company to success, earning Apple over $100 million by 1980, the year the company first offered stock to the public. The 1981 introduction of IBM's PC, running a Microsoft Corp. operating system, marked the beginning of long-term competition for Apple in the personal-computer market. The Macintosh, introduced in 1984, was the first personal computer to use a graphical user interface and a mouse. The "Mac" initially sold poorly, and Jobs left the company in 1985, but eventually it found its niche in the desktop publishing market. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Windows operating system eroded Apple's market share. Apple recalled Jobs in 1997. He returned the company to profitability by introducing more innovative products, such as the iMac
Bell Communications Research, Inc.: research laboratory that serves the regional telephone carriers in the USA (located in New Jersey)
CMP Media Inc.: {i} leading integrated media company that provides fundamental information and marketing services to the entire technology industry (builders, sellers and users of technology throughout the world) and healthcare industries
CNET Networks, Inc.: {i} CNET, United States internet based media company headquartered in San Francisco that supplies news and information about computers technology and multimedia sites
Canon Finetech Inc.: {i} Japanese company headquartered in Mitsukaido (Japan), manufacturer of a wide variety of products (digital copiers and printers, electronic equipment, ink products, paper-handling devices, photosensitive paper containing diazonium and many more)
Canon Inc.: {i} Japanese corporation founded in 1937 and headquartered in Tokyo, world-renowned manufacturer of a wide variety of optical and imaging products (such as cameras, lenses, digital video cameras, etc.) and business machines (such as printers, copy machines, computer printers, laser facsimiles, etc.)
Chugoku Electric Power Co.,Inc.: {i} Japanese company which provides electricity to Chugoku region
Cybozu, Inc.: {i} Japanese company founded in 1997 as the leading seller of Web-based software and provider of Intranet/Internet ready-to-use software (with a customer base exceeding 20,000 companies)
Digital Research Inc: American company specializing in market research and online data collection (located in Maine), DRI
Faith Inc.: {i} Japanese company and developer of technologies that enable the downloading and replaying of sounds and music on mobile devices
Fuji Television Network, Inc.: {i} Japan's top-rated broadcasting company
Gulf & Western Inc: Former U.S. corporation, founded in 1958 by Charles Bluhdorn. One of the most highly diversified conglomerates in the U.S., Gulf & Western took control of the Paramount Pictures Corp. in 1966 and changed its name to Paramount Communications in 1989. It was acquired by the media conglomerate Viacom Inc. in 1994
Harcourt, Inc.: {i} unit of the Reed Elsevier Group which is a global education company serving students and teachers in Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 as well as adult learners and readers of all ages (Harcourt companies provide a variety of books, print, electronic learning materials, assessments and professional development programs)
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.: {i} Japanese pharmaceutical company that specializes in pain killers and anti-inflammatory products (for prescription drug and over-the-counter markets)
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.: {i} Japanese company established in 1951 which provides electricity to the Hokkaido region
IDG Books Worldwide Inc.: {i} company that was founded in 1964 and publishes over 300 magazines and newspapers, publisher of the "For Dummies Books", company for technology media and research and event
JASC Software, Inc.: {i} global leading company of digital photography and imaging software which was founded in 1991 by a commercial airline pilot
Japan Tobacco Inc.: {i} JT, Japanese company manufacturer of tobacco and pharmaceuticals and foods
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.: {i} Japanese holding company (based in Tokyo) established in 1936 (it formulates and promotes the Group management strategies, evaluates the Group business management and surpervises the other Group business management activities)
Kyoto Kimono Yuzen Inc.: {i} Japanese company headquartered in Tokyo (Japan) that operates a chain of kimono stores, company engaged is the sale of furisodes and bridal accessories
Lawson, Inc.: {i} Japanese company developer of the franchise chain of Lawson convenience stores
Moshi Moshi Hotline, Inc.: {i} Japanese company provider of telemarketing services
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.: {i} predominant Japanese cellular communications company
Network Solutions Inc: computer company that provides registration services for the Internet Network Information Center (consortium that manages the NSFNet network in the United States)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.: {i} publishing company of The Nihon Keizai Shimbun magazine, top provider of business information to Japanese executives and businessman
Nike Inc: U.S. sportswear company. It was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman (b. 1911), a track-and-field coach at the University of Oregon, and his former student Phil Knight (b. 1938). They opened their first retail outlet in 1966, launched the Nike brand shoe in 1972, and renamed the company Nike Inc. in 1978. In 1979 it claimed 50% of the U.S. running shoe market. In 1980 the company went public. Part of Nike's success is owed to endorsements by such athletes as John McEnroe, Michael Jordan, and Mia Hamm. In the 1990s the company suffered from revelations about conditions in its overseas factories, but it remained a top producer of athletic shoes and clothing
Quokka Sports Inc.: interactive sports broadcasting company on the Internet
SBC Communications Inc.: {i} (Telecommunications) American telephone corporation headquartered in San Antonio (Texas, USA), national provider of voice and data telecommunications products and services for consumers and businesses
Shimano Inc.: {i} world-leading Japanese company manufacturer of bicycle components based in Japan
TRW Inc: U.S. manufacturer of advanced equipment and systems for industry and government. Founded in 1901 as a maker of cap screws, it was incorporated in 1916 as the Steel Products Co. The name was changed to Thompson Products, Inc., in 1926, then to Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. after a merger in 1958, and to TRW Inc. in 1965. Through its various divisions and subsidiaries, TRW designed and manufactured a wide range of automotive parts, electronic systems for military aircraft, and spacecraft. Its information systems and services segments maintain databases for screening credit histories. In 2002 defense contractor Northrop Grumman acquired TRW for its aerospace division
Time Warner Inc: Largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world. The corporation resulted from the merger of media giant Time Warner Inc. and the online company America Online, Inc., in 2001; originally named AOL Time Warner, the corporation dropped AOL from its name in 2003. Major media outlets include the magazines Time, Sports Illustrated, and People and the cable and broadcast television networks HBO, CNN, TBS, and WB. From its start as a bulletin-board system in 1985, AOL grew to become the world's largest Internet service provider by the mid 1990s. The Internet "stock bubble" of the late 1990s enabled it to acquire the much larger Time Warner Inc. See also Warner Bros
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc.: {i} Japanese company providing electricity in the Tokyo area
Toray Industries, Inc.: {i} Japanese company founded in 1926, manufacturer of medical products and electronics, engaged in synthetic chemistry and polymer chemistry
Travelers Inc: Insurance company, now part of Citigroup. Founded in 1864 by the stonecutter James Batterson, the Travelers Insurance Co. was an innovative leader in its industry. It sold the first accident insurance in the U.S. in 1864, and in 1865 it began selling life insurance, becoming the first American company to offer more than one type of insurance. When Batterson died in 1901, Travelers was offering health, liability, and automotive insurance. In 1919 it became the first company to sell aviation insurance. In 1993, after suffering losses in real estate, it was acquired by the Primerica conglomerate, formed in 1987 from the non-packaging operations of the American Can Co., and the new company became known as the Travelers Group. In 1996 the Travelers Group bought the casualty and property insurance businesses of the Aetna Life and Casualty Co. In 1997 it bought Salomon Brothers Inc., which it merged with Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. and the Shearson brokerage business; the resulting firm, Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., is one of the country's largest securities firms. In 1998 Travelers merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup
Trend Micro, Inc.: {i} Japanese developer and manufacturer of security goods and services for computers and Internet
Ushio, Inc.: {i} Japanese company that manufactures high-quality light sources and units (with production facilities in Japan, North America, Europe and Asia)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: {i} Wal-Mart , leading United States chain of discount department stores which is the largest retailer corporation in the world (founded by Sam Walton in 1962)
Warner Bros. Inc: U.S. film studio. Beginning in Pennsylvania as movie distributors and theatre owners in 1903, the four Warner brothers started producing their own films in 1913 and moved to Hollywood in 1917. They founded Warner Brothers Pictures Inc. in 1923, with Harry Warner (b. 1881 d. 1958) as president in New York, Albert Warner (b. 1884 d. 1967) as treasurer, and Sam Warner (b. 1888 d. 1927) and Jack Warner (b. 1892 d. 1978) as studio managers in Hollywood. In the mid 1920s they helped develop the important Vitaphone sound process. With the release of The Jazz Singer (1927), the first feature film with synchronized music and dialogue, the studio's success was assured. Warner Brothers went on to produce gangster films starring James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson, adventure movies with Errol Flynn, and mystery dramas with Humphrey Bogart. After his brothers retired, Jack became president (1956-72). See also AOL Time Warner Inc
Western Electric Co. Inc: Former U.S. telecommunications company. Founded in 1869 by Elisha Gray and Enos N. Barton, the firm was incorporated in Chicago, Ill., in 1872 as the Western Electric Manufacturing Co. It manufactured a series of new products, including the world's first commercial typewriters and incandescent lamps. Bell Telephone bought a controlling interest in the company in 1881; the next year it was reincorporated as Western Electric Co., becoming part of the Bell system (see AT&T Corp.). It became a major manufacturer of telephone equipment and communications satellites, in addition to producing radar and missile systems. In 1983, with the breakup of AT&T, the company was dissolved as a separate subsidiary. Its factories were taken over by AT&T Technologies (renamed Lucent Technologies), and its brand name continued to be used