For example, the site of the one-time BBC Pebble Mill studios and the former MG Rover works at Longbridge were among AWM's investments intended to pave the way towards a series of "technology corridors" radiating out of Birmingham, in this case, towards Bromsgrove.

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Picasso's "The Oil Mill" (1909) is also historic among the landmark works.

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They aim to transform the industry by reviving a business model--a steel mill that distributes its products--that failed in the U.S. two decades ago but still works overseas.

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