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World
Business
FORCEFOR
PEACE?
"Multinational companies"
hove revolutionized postwar
world
economy
and internation–
al relations .
..
and made hand–
some profits in the process.
Sorne
are now pointing to these
globally oriented companies a s
a
new fo rce for peace and sta–
bility in
a
p olitically disunited
world.
by
Gary Alexander
S
HEI.I.. GASOI..INE ...
Kiwi Shoe Po/ish
...
Vita Pak 01·ange J11ice .
..
Lever
!Jrothers
...
Pengtún Books
...
Nes-
tie's Chocolate
...
Noreico Shavers
.. .
Good Humor lee Cream
...
Bic Pens
.. .
Bayer Aspiri1t.
...
Household names in America, these
products paradoxically are among thou–
sands manufactured by European-based,
foreign corporations operating within the
United States.
General Motors ..
.
American Teiephone
and Telegraph .
..
Standard Oi/ .
..
Ford
Motor Company
...
Sears, Roeb11ck
...
General Eieclric .
..
Intemationai B11siness
Machines
...
Mobii Oii
...
Chrys/er
...
IT&T .. ..
Monolithic powers of U. S. industry,
these corporations are also "household
names" in Europe and around the world.
Each operates billions of dollars' worth
of business annually on foreign soil.
If
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