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Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices and health care company with headquarters in Green Oaks, Illinois, United States.The company was founded by Chicago physician Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 to formulate known drugs; today, it sells medical devices, diagnostics, branded generic medicines and nutritional products.
Altria Group, Inc. (previously known as Philip Morris Companies, Inc.) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and medical products in the treatment of illnesses caused by tobacco.
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) is a Canadian-American multinational fast food holding company.It was formed in 2014 by the $12.5 billion merger between American fast food restaurant chain Burger King and Canadian coffee shop and restaurant chain Tim Hortons, and expanded by the 2017 purchase of American fast-food chain Popeyes.
Kit Kat (stylised as KitKat in various countries) is a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, England.It is produced globally by Nestlé (which acquired Rowntree's in 1988), [1] except in the United States, where it is made under licence by the H. B. Reese Candy Company, a division of the Hershey Company (an agreement Rowntree's first made with Hershey in 1970).
The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services. [14] Meta ranks among the largest American information technology companies, alongside other Big Five corporations Alphabet , Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. The company was ranked #31 on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking in 2023. [15]
The company's business is divided into two business sectors: Innovative Medicine and MedTech. Johnson & Johnson Innovation, LLC (JJI) is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. [ 110 ] JJI focuses on early-stage, life science , and technology innovations to advance the company's research and development pipeline. [ 111 ]
The CBS Corporation name was later reused for one of the two companies resulting from the split of Viacom in 2005. One of the few remaining original lines of business to survive this process was the nuclear power division, which was sold to Siemens in 1998 and re-formed as Westinghouse Electric Company .
In August 2011, Kraft said it planned to split into two publicly traded companies, one focusing on its international snack brands like Trident gum and Oreo cookies and the other on its North American groceries business that includes Maxwell House coffee and Oscar Mayer meats. [18]