Subsequently, large agribusiness concerns like Archer Daniels Midland have consistently served as prime-movers in campaigns to sell high technology to the Soviet Union, to eliminate impediments like the Jackson-Vanik and Stevenson amendments and to oblige the U.S. taxpayer to assume the substantial risks associated with trade and investment in the USSR risks that commercial enterprises and banks find unacceptable.
Coca-Cola reported a jump in revenue and profit for its first quarter, but at a slower pace than analysts expected, as factors like the earthquake in Japan and marketing expenses associated with its acquisition of the North American bottling operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises offset the results.
One nonprofit, the Adventure Project, aims to combat the health issues associated with traditional cook stoves through an innovative business model that seeks to finance social enterprises.
The threat of competition associated with monopoly repeal has helped postal services in those countries to become more efficient, more effective enterprises.
West German enterprises have been implicated in the sale to Iraq of technology, equipment and know-how associated with not only chemical munitions but also biological and nuclear arms.