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Carlson Companies' new CEO, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, took over the leadership of the company in March 1998 from her father, Curt Carlson, who led the firm for 60 years. The Plymouth, MN-based company's businesses, which include familiar hospitality and travel brand names such as Regent Hotels, Country Inns & Suites, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, TGI Friday's, Carlson Wagon Lit Travel and Radisson Hotels, posted $20 billion in revenue in 1997. Nelson, despite her short tenure at Carlson's helm, has already racked up a number of acquisitions and mergers in line with the firm's strategy of international expansion.
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Its new CEO, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, took over the leadership of the company in 3/98 from her father, Curt Carlson
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US footwear firm Timberland Co opened its Latin American office in Santiago, Chile on Mar 8, 1999. The firm's senior manager for the Americas, Dan Wittner, said the office will serve as their base of operations in the region. Timberland as a brand name started in 1973 but its origins can be traced to the Abington Shoe Co which was acquired by Nathan Swartz in the 1950s. Timberland has expanded its product line to include gloves, packs, socks and leather care products.
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World Trade's top 100 US companies are ranked based on sales volume. Dearborn, MI-based Ford Motor Co is No 1, with annual sales of more than $144 billion; followed by Bentonville, AR-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc, with $137.634 billion; then Fairfield, CT-based General Electric Co, with $100.469 billion. All data used the in the research was provided by the experts at Dunn and Bradsheet.
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