I am looking for at least 12 major companies from around the around
the world who will be celebrating a major anniversary in 2006. It can
be 20th, 21st, 50th, 75th, 80th, 90th, 100th, 125th, 150th, 175th,
200th anniverasary. I need information about the company beginnings,
address & phone number and CEO or COO and their web site.   ($100)

Hi! Thanks for a very interesting question.

Using a combination of Yahoo Finance and Google, I was able to find
the following companies that are right for your requirements. I also
supplied the links to the Yahoo Finance Profile page containing the
company information like CEO or COO and company address and phone
numbers. The history links are mostly from the official websites of
the companies mentioned below.


1. Avon ? 120th Anniversary (1886)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AVP
History: http://www.avoncompany.com/about/history.html 


2. AmerUs Group Co. (formerly American Mutual Holding Company) 110th 
Anniversary (1896)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=amh 
History: http://www.amerus.com/aboutus/index.cfm


3. Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. ? 110th Anniversary (1896)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=TR
History: http://www.tootsie.com/history.html 


4. Xerox ? 100th Anniversary (1906)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=XRX
History: http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/template/019d.jsp?view=Factbook&id=Historical&Xcntry=USA&Xlang=en_US


5. American Greetings Corp. ? 100th Anniversary (1906)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AM 
History: 
http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus.html (Page 1)
http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus/history.html (Page 2)


6. American Gas and Electric Company (now known as American Electric
Power Company, Inc) ? 100th Anniversary (1906)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AEP 
History: http://www.aep.com/about/history/default.asp


7. Boeing ? 90th Anniversary (1916)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=BA 
History: http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/


8. Northwest Airlines Corp. ? 90th Anniversary (1916)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=NWACQ.PK 
History: http://www.nwa.com/corpinfo/upclose/


9. Estee Lauder Companies Inc. ? 60th Anniversary (1946)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=EL 
History: http://www.elcompanies.com/heritage/timeline.asp 


10. Best Buy Co. Inc. ? 40th Anniversary (1966) 
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=BBY 
History: http://bestbuymedia.tekgroup.com/news/section_news.cfm?news_section=1337 


11. K-Swiss Inc. ? 40th Anniversary (1966)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=KSWS 
History: http://www.kswiss.com/cgi-bin/kswiss/store/about.html


12. Kirkland's Inc. - 40th Anniversary (1966)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=KIRK 
History: http://www.kirklands.com/about/Default.asp?cid=62421882.831005.125801 


13. Genentech ? 30th Anniversary (1976)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=dna
History: http://www.gene.com/gene/about/corporate/history/ 


14. Apple Computers ? 30th Anniversary (1976)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AAPL 
History: http://www.apple-history.com/


15. Gymboree Corp. ? 30th Anniversary (1976)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=GYMB 
History: http://ir.gymboree.com/?gcolortheme=2752809&gaccount=2752795&ghome=980107&gnewborn=751069&gbabygirl=750991&gbiggirl=750857&gbabyboy=751391&gbigboy=750887&ggift=750849&gsearch=757123&ghelp=754611&gplay=17291&gjoin=754519&gaboutus=754517&ginvestor=754533&gprivacy=754659&gcohome=754515&gcontact=980059&gterms=182953&gbenefits=754529&gresume=754531&gintls=754525&gintlp=757143&gsession=D4HqsTYU
fM5YcuRMYgl7B3GjqAaToOC7MU2nn6ut8ak8u74kKw1O%21-680952875%21-661330268%217105%218005%211131972458159&ghost=www.gymboree.com&gport=80&guser=false&gbag=false&gitemsinbag=0&gourcomp=754515&ghistory=754517&gvision=980077&ggymcares=980079&gvalues=980081&gvisa=1850973&gship=754665&gsitemap=754675&greturn=75466


16. AT Cross Co. (Makers of Cross Pens) ? 150th Anniversary (1846)  
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=ATX 
History: http://www.cross.com/companyinformation/history.aspx?cat_name=Our+History
(Page 1)
http://www.cross.com/companyinformation/producthistory.aspx?cat_name=Product+History
(Page 2)


Yahoo Finance notes that the Del Monte Foods started in 1916. 
However, there is some conflict with the official website. I realized
that the company website should be more reliable but I will still
include Del Monte Foods since they might be of interest to your
research.


17. Del Monte Foods ? 90th Anniversary (1916) (Official website says unknown year)
Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=DLM  
History: http://www.delmonte.com/Company/AboutUs/Profile.asp 

  

Search strategy used:
Step1: Use the search terms - Founded incorporated site:finance.yahoo.com 

Step 2: Then Insert the following years: 1886,1896, 1906, 1916, 1926,
1936, 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                                                          
                              
Regards,                              
Easterangel-ga                              
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by hitcho-ga on 15 Nov 2005 01:24 PST

Thanks easterangel-ga 

You have done a great job. 

However I'm a little confused with the explanation of Step 1 and Step
2. I've used Google to search for "Founded incorporated
site:finance.yahoo.com" and I understand how that works. But when you
say "Then Insert the following years: 1886,1896, 1906, 1916, 1926,
1936, 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986" I can't see where to insert the
years? Can you please explain.

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 15 Nov 2005 03:08 PST

I deeply apologize. I admit that my explanation was quite vague. 

You should insert one year at a time to get a set of companies. Here
is an example of a search result.

://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGGL%2CGGGL%3A2005-09%2CGGGL%3Aen&q=founded+site%3Afinance.yahoo.com+1886&btnG=Search

As you can see the following terms were typed on the search box.

founded site:finance.yahoo.com 1886


I hope this clears up my explanation.

Thanks again!

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Request for Answer Clarification by hitcho-ga on 15 Nov 2005 12:43 PST

Hello again Easter Angel - Thank you for your explanation.
If I wanted to refine the search down to the Australian, or English or
Irish businesses that were founded in  1956 (a) is it possible and (b)
where would I add the the word.

Here: founded site:finance.yahoo.com 1956 Australia

or here: Australia founded site:finance.yahoo.com 1956 Australia

or here: founded Australia site:finance.yahoo.com 1956 Australia

or where?

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 15 Nov 2005 14:15 PST

Hi again.

Sorry it seems it doesn't work for these countries with these search
terms. I think you will have to go and dig inside Yahoo Finance. I
already tried that and it it too hard to find the companies that you
require.

I'm sorry.

Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 15 Nov 2005 15:37 PST

Hi again.

When you say around the world I thought you mean that they operate
internationally and not just having headquarters or originating
outside the US. Most of the companies I mentioned have international
operations.

It seems that Yahoo Finance has the most consistent coverage of when
companies were established and their coverage is limited when it comes
to foreign entities. As you can see sometimes, even their data doesn't
agree with the company history itself.

I hope that this information will be helpful to you.