Ferguson Leads General Foods Five Year Overhaul Drive
James L. Ferguson, chairman and CEO, supervised a five year overhaul at General Foods Corp involving major acquisitions, divestitures, new products, and reformulated lines. He cites a stagnant start, expanding diet focus, and growth in single households as key drivers while warning further gains remain ahead.
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James Ferguson
General Foods
Wusingss W
Rye Brook
N.Y
James L. Ferguson
General Foods Corp
Ferguson
Evanston
Ill
Maxwell House
Post
Tang
Log Cabin
Birds Eye
Sanka
Stove Top
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Business School
Asia Pacific
Ronzoni Pasta Company
Weekly business calendar lists meetings and stock offerings
The schedule details Monday and Tuesday meetings of local professional groups in Cedar Rapids with speakers on tax reforms, fringe benefits, and international advertising. It also lists a New York stock and bond offerings digest for the coming week with numerous state and corporate issuers and rates along with Friday money market rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa
Village Inn
Richard Brenneman
Brenneman & Associates
Steve Junge
Junge Controls Inc
China
Iowa Development Commission
Cedar Rapids-Marion
National Association of Accountants
Roosevelt Hotel
Dean Eiick
Tom Zinkula
Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Elwood
Scott Bogguss
Moyer & Bergman
Gene Glendinning
Business Press International
Insurance Women of
Cedar Rapids Inc
Sharon Kielty
Daii Bosworth Inc
New York
Smith Barney
Salomon Brothers
OMB delays federal long distance contract award
The Office of Management and Budget halted the $4.2 billion long distance contract Friday delaying the government’s 10-year plan. AT&T rivals await budget review after the order to pause all award actions. The GSA had briefed 74 companies and planned an 1987 award with service starting in 1989.
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Washington Post
Washington
Office of Management and Budget
At&t
OMB
David A. Stockman
Ray Kline
General Services Administration
GSA
Patrick McKelvey
Regents rename Iowa accounting arm in honor of McGladrey
The Iowa Board of Regents approves renaming the University of Iowa Institute of Accounting Research as the Ira B. McGladrey Institute of Accounting Research. The move honors McGladrey who founded a Cedar Rapids firm later growing into a national public accounting network. About 50 firm partners pledged roughly 240000 dollars to support the institute, while purposes remain unchanged.
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Regents
Iowa
McGladrey
Iowa City
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa Institute of Accounting Research
Ira B. McGladrey
First
Iowa Board of Accountan
Institute of Accounting Research
Accounting Institute
College of Business Administration
Americans back equal pay concept in national poll
A nationwide survey of 1 010 workers shows 80 percent support equal pay for work of equal value and 83 percent see the wage gap as a serious problem. The coalition cites discrimination as the main reason, with women earning 60 cents per dollar.
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Washington
National Committee On Pay Equity
The
Coalition
U.S
Marttila and Kiley
Boston
Wayne
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Oscar Mayer
Entenmann
Western
Oroweat Foods
Ronzoni Pasta Products Company
Burger Chef
Gaines Pet Foods
New York City
Procter & Gamble Co
Esther
Bahamas
Dominion Bancshares
Georgia
New York State Medical Care Facility Finance Agency
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets
Hawaii
South Carolina
Virginia
Fairfax County
Massachusetts
Nebraska
GlenFed Finance
Usf&g Corp
Washington Housing Finance Agency
Kidder Peabody
Telerate Systems Inc
Finance Company
Maryland Health and Higher Education Facilities Authority
Alex Brown and Sons
Baybanks Inc
Chrysler Corporation
Merrill Lynch
Shearson-Lehman American Express
Shearson- Lehman American Express
Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority
First Boston
General Motors Corp
Morgan Stanley
GME
Massachusetts Educational Loan Authority
Lancaster County
Southwest Bell Telephone
Granddad
Farm Bureau Insurance
RM Bureau Life Insurance CO
IM Bureau Mutual Insurance
BL Insurance CO
ARM Bureau Mutual Funds
Farm Bureau
Cliff Peterson
Jim Sherman
Ted Crow
Steve Denton
Doug Rahe
Judy Ostrom
Dan James
Ron Price
Don Hangarine
Don Combs
Margaret Meeker
Kay Shankl
Charles Happel
Gary Keplinger
Mike Bruce
Claudia Wayne
Minnesota
Washington State
Circuit
Congress
Mary Rose Oakar
Ohio
Jim Cole
Millhiser Smith Agency
Oakland Road
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