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Business and Industry (BusIndustry)

Business and industry facts, figures, and key events

Why select this database?

  • Contains important facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries.
  • Covers all the primary business information sources--from leading trade magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to international business dailies.
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Abstracts and full-text versions of articles about:

aerospace and defense financial services
agriculture forest products
automotive information
building products medicine
chemicals metals
computers and software mining
consumer products pharmaceuticals
electronics telecommunications
energy transportation
entertainment  
Sources 1,854

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Number of records Over 3,700,000
Dates covered 1994 to present
Updated Daily
Producer information

The Gale Group,
Customer Support
27500 Drake Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
USA
Phone:+1-800-877-GALE
Fax: +1-248-699-GALE
Web: http://www.gale.com

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Copyright

Copyright © Gale Group Inc. 2008 . All Rights Reserved.

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Keyword kw: telecommunication+
Abstract ab: best seller+
Accession number no: 00000014
Article type phrase at= company overview
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Descriptor de: minority
Descriptor phrase de= industrial forecasts
First page pg: 2
Geographic coverage phrase gc= france
Industry name phrase in= entertainment
Issue is: 5
Marketing term phrase mt= interactive
Named corporation phrase nc= ford motor company
Named person phrase na= stewart martha
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Parent company phrase pa= general mills
Place of publication pl: france
Product classification phrase pc= 484014
Product name phrase pr= telephone communications
Publication date pd: 951229
Publisher pb: CMP Publications, Inc.
Record type phrase rt= custom wire
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Slogan sl: met
Slogan phrase sl= just do it
Source so: rcr
Source phrase so= rcr radio communications report
Special feature sf: table
Spokesperson phrase sp= mickey mouse
Standard number sn: 0744-0618
Subject su: metal+
Subject phrase su= industrial machinery
Text tx: telecommunication+
Title ti: headache
Title phrase ti= headache hope
USA/non-USA us= USA
non-USA
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Volume vo: 10
Year yr: 1998
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