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  King C. Gillette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gillette obtained a trademark registration (0056921) for his portrait and signature on the packaging.
Gillette died in Los Angeles, California, and is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Gillette improved these earlier designs of the safety razor and also introduced his true innovation of inexpensive, high profit-margin stamped steel blades (along with his unique business model).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_C._Gillette   (708 words)

  
 The Gillette Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gillette Company (NYSE: G) is a company founded by King C. Gillette in 1901 as a safety razor manufacturer, which is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gillette as a brand is still best known for its razor blades.
According to the New York Times of June 5, 2005, Gillette's CEO James M. Kilts stood to make $165 million from the merger while 17,000 Gillette employees were to receive pink slips as a result of it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Gillette_Company   (314 words)

  
 King C. Gillette: Definition and links.
King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 - July 9, 1932) is popularly, and incorrectly, known, as the inventor of the safety razor[?].
The first razors were produced in 1903, selling a total of 51 razors and 168 blades that year.
Today the Gillette Corporation[?] continues to thrive and sells products under a variety of brand names including Gillette, Braun[?], Oral-B[?], and Duracell[?].
www.encyclopedian.com /ki/King-C.-Gillette.html   (349 words)

  
 Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette is a Coal Mine town as you can see the coal mine is extremely active and coal cars move out of the plant about twice per day.
The Gillette, Wyoming Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation of Gillette is serious about bringing good jobs and responsible growth to the area, and so far it is working well as Gillette is growing nicely.
Gillette is currently number three and very soon it should be number two if the Tiger Files and charts from the census are correct, it will happen in 2011 about the time of the end of the Mayan Calendar.
www.carwashguys.com /tour_gillette.shtml   (249 words)

  
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Jana Corporation is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware.
Snyder further alleges that Gillette informed him that he would not be allowed to take his motorized scooter into his hotel room and that he would have to store the device in the basement of the hotel.
It is the United States' position that if the facts alleged are true, Jana Corporation, through the actions of the Quality Hotel's front desk clerk, Greg Gillette, violated the ADA by denying an individual with a disability the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of the Quality Hotel.
www.usdoj.gov /crt/foia/dc3.txt   (1114 words)

  
 Radical Software
It was Gillette's intention to found an alternative media think tank; a source of ideas, publications, videotapes and energy providing a theoretical basis for implementing communication tools in the project of social change.
Gillette took it all back to his loft on Avenue A and 6th St, and began a summer of video experimentation, which included street recording, developing installation-type set-ups in his loft, and pondering the implications of this new type of image-making.
Gillette and Schneider proposed an interactive, multi-channel video piece called Wipe Cycle, the idea for which had grown out of Gillette's experience with the equipment he had worked with over the previous summer, and Schneider's concern with viewer interaction and delayed feedback.
www.radicalsoftware.org /e/history.html   (5732 words)

  
 Customer Success Stories - Gillette Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mechanical engineers at Gillette Corporation in Santa Monica, California have turned to motion simulation and virtual prototyping to help reduce production line down time and keep their disposable ball-point pen manufacturing line in operation.
Engineers at Gillette proposed that a new hopper with strategically placed agitators be designed to replace the faulty piece of machinery.
This model enabled Gillette to analyze the hopper design in a fraction of the time it would have taken to machine a physical prototype.
workingmodel.com /success/ss_gillette.html   (600 words)

  
 History
Gillette, the county seat and largest incorporated city in Campbell County, was named after Edward Gillette, a surveyor for the Burlington and Missouri railroad in 1891.
Gillette, located on I-90, not more than 60 miles to the Black Hills or the Big Horn Mountains, was first recognized as a ranch and stock yard community.
Today, Gillette with a population of approximately 20,000, is known for its prominence in the mineral industry and is considered the Energy Capital of the Nation.
www.newedc.net /campbell/campbellcounty/about/history.htm   (191 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - Zacks Buy List Highlights: Gillette, S1 Corporation, Illinois Tool Works, and Staples - June 23, 2004
Gillette has been the beneficiary of numerous upward revisions from analysts over the past several weeks, which helped to send earnings estimates for the year ending December 2004 higher by 11 cents, or about +7%, in the past two months.
Gillette stated that all the pieces are coming together, as it has the ongoing strength of its existing products and great trade acceptance of its new products; increased manufacturing productivity and cost savings; and high growth in key international markets.
S1 Corporation went on to say that the successful first quarter performance establishes the company as the leader in the Enterprise financial services market, which bodes well for shareholders moving forward.
www.nascar.com /2004/news/business/press/06/23/2524551   (1353 words)

  
 R&G DRAFT
Gillette shall bear all costs and expenses (patent costs, filing fees, and attorney fees) associated with Intellectual Property that relates primarily to FRs [*] that is developed by either Party between the Effective Date and the [*], which costs and expenses have accrued and become payable as of the [*].
Gillette's support obligation under this Section 4.1(b) shall be subject to reasonable limits in terms of expense, resource commitments (in excess of the minimum resource commitments set forth in Section 2.3(d)) and duration.
With respect to any FRs manufactured by Gillette and resold by MTI hereunder, the terms of sale of such FRs shall be established by Gillette in Gillette's sole discretion and may contain such terms restricting the manner in which such FRs are distributed and sold as Gillette determines in its sole discretion.
www.freeedgar.com /EdgarConstruct/Data/64463/03-74/exb10119.htm   (10489 words)

  
 CFM of Connecticut v. Chowdhury
It does find, however, that Attorney Timbers, as Secretary, was responsible for maintaining corporate books and records pertaining to the sale of the CFM stock, and that despite being served with a subpoena duces tecum directing him to produce corporate records of the sale, including stock certificates, he failed to produce such documents.
(b) The board of directors of a dissolved corporation and their successors shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the corporation as expeditiously as practicable and shall act as a board of directors in accordance with the bylaws and the certificate of incorporation until the affairs of the corporation are completely wound up.
A corporation and its shareholders, directors and officers shall have full power to take all corporate action appropriate to wind up its affairs, including the power to maintain, or to reestablish after failure to maintain, a board of directors and officers.
www.brownwelsh.com /HPLowry_archive/CFM.htm   (4643 words)

  
 Gillette to Acquire Rembrandt Brand from Den-Mat Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Rembrandt is a division of Santa Maria, California-based Den-Mat Corporation, one of the leading manufacturers of cosmetic restorative dentistry and bio-medical products including the fast-growing Cerinate(TM) brand of porcelain laminates which offer people a painless way to reshape their smiles.
Headquartered in Boston, The Gillette Company is the world leader in male grooming, a category that includes blades, razors and shaving preparations.
Gillette also holds the number one position worldwide in selected female grooming products, such as wet shaving products and hair epilation devices.
www2.cdn-news.com /newsnet/2004/03/23/0323057n.html   (285 words)

  
 Gillette's to hike stake in ISPL
He said that after the process was over, US parent Gillette would become a 72 per cent stake holder in ISPL, up from the present 52 per cent.
This would have reduced Gillette's stake in ISPL to 46 per cent he said but one must take into account the equity stake the US company holds in the two merging companies as well.
"Gillette corporation holds 85 per cent and 100 per cent equity stake respectively in Duracell India and Wilkinson Swords," Mathur said, adding this will mean the US company's effective holding in Indian operations would become 72 per cent after the restructuring was over.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000503/ibu03007.html   (381 words)

  
 This Week
Corporate environmental management is considered using the Gillette Company, a multinational corporation with $ 10 billion in annual sales as a case study.
Gillette Corporation's mission and values states that products must be safe to manufacture by employees, safe to use by consumers and are environmentally acceptable.
Gillette's environmental progress over the past 12 years is featured including a 74 % reduction in emissions worldwide.
courses.dce.harvard.edu /~environment/archive_05.html   (313 words)

  
 No. 738: King Camp Gillette
In the end Gillette's name attached to the invention, and his face rode on the razor blade wrapper.
Within a few years Gillette was a millionaire.
This is what Gillette had in mind as the powerhouse for his Utopian community.
www.uh.edu /admin/engines/epi738.htm   (507 words)

  
 Gillette < Consumer < Corporations < Commerce < : news feed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Gillette, residents not only identify with their town, but also have a strong association with their subdivision, a unique concept for a city its size, said...
Gillette city officials and skate park users are sharing feelings of disgust every morning they visit the skate park and find it littered with garbage...
Speaking at Gillette Stadium as part of his tour of NFL training camps, Tagliabue touched on a number of topics, but none more timely than the unexpected death...
schema-root.org /commerce/corporation/consumer/gillette   (579 words)

  
 Gillette Named Corporation Of The Year
Gillette was nominated for the 2003 award by minority-owned businesses throughout New England.
Mack's leadership, Gillette has created a nationally recognized supplier diversity initiative and has worked actively to diversify its domestic supply chain by seeking business relationships with minority- and women-owned businesses, particularly those located in New England.
"Gillette has been a driving force in helping to build the capacity of minority- and women-owned businesses, and our region is fortunate to be home to a world-class company that recognizes the value of developing and using a diverse supply base," said Tina M. Andrews, president of the New England Minority Supplier Development Council.
www.diversityonline.com /divarch/2003/dec/1217-1.htm   (223 words)

  
 LCV
This increase in the number of companies with a state-of-the-art Corporate Governance policy in place could be due to an increased number of classified companies or to improved Corporate Governance levels in general.
In addition to this Corporate Governance classification service, GMI has provided the market with outstanding newsletters on events in the US and the world in relation to this topic whose worth increases daily the business world.
Everyone in the world of Corporate Governance is aware of the complexity of the board of directors/CEO relationship and its crucial role in a company’s success or failure.
www.lcvco.com.br /english/lcvnews.htm   (2888 words)

  
 The Gillette Company | Community Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Gillette Company has a long and proud tradition of corporate social responsibility.
For a global leader like Gillette, this has meant reaching beyond the workplace, through corporate contributions and employee involvement to improve our communities.
Gillette is dedicated to supporting organizations that address critical needs and work to improve the qualify of life in the communities in which we have operations.
www.gillette.com /community/communityoverview.asp   (193 words)

  
 Online Aftermarket Strategy Simulation Game | Free After Market Strategic Management Concept and Case
The aftermarket business strategy was conceived in 1906 by King C. Gillette to sell safety razors and blades.
It was Gillette's idea to "give the razors away, but charge whatever traffic will bear for the blades." Gillette's aftermarket strategy and his safety razor patent made him a millionaire and the strategy, which became known as the "razors and blades business model," is still successfully used by the Gillette Corporation nearly 100 years later.
Gillette and Schick patent their razor and blade designs to ensure third-party manufacturers can’t sell replacement blades.
www.forio.com /aftermarket.htm   (1104 words)

  
 Boycott Gillette - Feedback from customers, p. 4
Until Gillette discontinues their plan to put these dust size chips into their products, I and my family will no longer buy products under the Gillette Name, furthermore, I and my friends will spread this boycott to as many people as we know.
The way that Gillette is energetically pursuing a programme of RFID Tagging to all it products is, I am convinced, making a huge step in the "stepping stones" pathway towards a society of total surveilance upon members of the public who are more and more, considered guilty until proven innocent.
Gillette has positioned itself like a red flag as an enemy of the people, and an enemy of freedom.
www.boycottgillette.com /gillettefeedback4.html   (4557 words)

  
 Are CEO's overpaid?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After all, according to them, evil must be afoot when a corporate executive earns more in a week that the average worker earns in an entire year.
The Gillette Co. was in the early stages of corporate death in 2001 when Jim Kilts took over as CEO.
Between the time Kilts took over at Gillette and this year's Jan. 28 announcement of Procter and Gamble's purchase of Gillette, Gillette's market value increased by $11.3 billion, a 34 percent improvement, and since the announcement, Gillette's value has risen by another $5.7 billion.
www.ranchers.net /forum/ntopic681.html   (2548 words)

  
 Integrating Knowledge Management Technologies in Organizational Business Processes: Getting Real Time Enterprises to ...
Based upon multi-year macroeconomic analysis of hundreds of corporations, Strassmann (1997) had emphasized that it is not computers but what people do with them that matters.
For instance, businesses such as Gillette and Wal-Mart are trying to minimize the delay between a customer order, its shipment and the restocking of inventory with the help of radio-frequency detection (RFID) tags, also known as smart tags (Cuneo, 2003).
The contrast between the three archetypes of inputs-, processing-, and outputs-driven paradigms of KM explained in Table I and Table II further aided deconstruction of the existing conceptualizations and practices of KM.
www.km.brint.com /RealTime.htm   (10665 words)

  
 Funding Agreement
Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that the other party would be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached or violated.
Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of New York.
Parent and Gillette shall each render to each other such assistance as may reasonably be requested in order to ensure the proper and adequate defense of any Third-Party claim or proceeding.
www.freeedgar.com /EdgarConstruct/Data/64463/03-74/exb10120.htm   (1367 words)

  
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 Asian Community Development Corporation - Boston, MA
The Asian Community Development Corporation, a community-based organization, is committed to high standards of performance and integrity in serving the Asian American community of Greater Boston, with an emphasis on preserving and revitalizing Boston's Chinatown.
The Corporation develops physical community assets, including affordable housing for rental and ownership; promotes economic development; fosters leadership development; builds capacity within the community and advocates on behalf of the community.
In addition to courses and counseling, we aim to educate our students about the importance of affordable housing so they can be advocates in the community.
www.asiancdc.org /about.html   (554 words)

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