"It can be very hard sometimes to take care of elderly parents, " Goodyear said.
Goodyear said the children appeared to be unaware of what happened to their grandmother.
When Suntech first announced the plan to open the factory, located in Goodyear, Ariz.
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Goodyear is blessed with one of the most recognizable consumer brand names in America.
Goodyear may sell tires in North Carolina, the court ruled in Goodyear vs.
Goodyear said authorities worked with the New York Police Department to find the family and question them.
After an initial delay by the recession, Goodyear began moving into the new offices earlier this year.
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Since original equipment sales are critical to large tire manufacturers, Goodyear lost share to better-managed Japanese competitors.
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Pirelli can't quantify the marketing value any more than Goodyear can count the revenue gain from its blimp.
Now, in the face of high oil prices and a softening car market, Goodyear is setting sales records.
Triple Tred helped Goodyear increase revenue per tire 18% since the Keegan turnaround plan was announced in 2003.
Goodyear's latest turnaround plan, which hasn't been disclosed, includes cutting 1, 200 factory jobs over the past four months.
The Industrial Renewal Ministry had approached Titan to start discussions on buying up part of the Goodyear factory.
"It wasn't saying, 'we're a top innovative company, ' " said Gary Vanderlind, vice president of human resources for Goodyear.
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Suntech announced last week that it would close its plant in Goodyear, Arizona.
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The American tire maker had bid on a Goodyear factory in Amiens but demanded changes to employee work habits.
Laden with debt and losing market share, Goodyear will soon unveil another restructuring plan, the sixth in seven years.
After working at Goodyear Aerospace, where he met his wife, Rhoda, he joined MCI in 1992 at age 29.
One engineer even spent time in the driver's seat of the Goodyear Blimp.
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Its banks recently eased its lending terms, though, giving Goodyear some breathing room.
Production of lower-end tires is slowly being moved offshore to Goodyear factories in Latin America, Asia and eastern Europe.
Goodyear has plenty of experience with the economics of oil and gas extraction.
Mickael Wamen, the CGT union's representative at the Goodyear plant was more forthright.
The union signaled that it would highlight Goodyear's improving situation, particularly in its core North American market, in the talks.
He was replying to a request for Titan to consider investing in a loss-making Goodyear plant in Amiens, north France.
Yet, to reduce accounts receivable, Goodyear has forced distributors to pay up in 30 days instead of the customary 60.
Goodyear was a mess in early 2003 when Robert Keegan, a former Kodak president, replaced the 37-year veteran Samir Gibara as chief executive.
Chevron, Goodyear Tire, Union Carbide and Sears Roebuck were replaced by Microsoft, Intel, SBC Communications and Home Depot.
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Severe weather Wednesday evening damaged a Goodyear tire plant and other buildings around Lawton, Oklahoma, Comanche County Sheriff Kenny Stradley said.
For years Goodyear had chased volume, selling low-margin tires to auto manufacturers and replacement tires to the middle of the market.
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