Nike, Inc.
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Stocks Sink As Poor Sales Add to Investor Worries...all types of industries were able to pull off the profit trick. Among the earnings winners and sales losers were big bank Citigroup, sneaker giant Nike and internet company Yahoo. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis.) What's... In this article: Recession, Standard & Poor's, Revenue, Nike, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, New York Stock Exchange, Yahoo., and Citigroup |
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International Herald Tribune | October 29, 2009
Drupal Moves Into the White House
...officer of Acquia, a start-up looking to commercialize the software. Companies like Nike, Warner Bros. and Yahoo use Drupal for various parts of their Web sites. All told, close to 500,000 Drupal-based sites are on the Web, according to...
In this article: Drupal, Acquia, White House, Recession, National Post, Dries Buytaert, Oil spill, and Galleon Group
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Micro Persuasion | July 26, 2009
Column: How to Build Social Capital - Innovate Early and Often
...Dell and eBay, based on their breadth and depth of social engagement. Google, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, Nike, Amazon, SAP and Yahoo/Intel (a tie) round out the top 10. What was eye-popping was the correlation they made between social...
In this article: Twitter, Altimeter Group, EBay, Amazon, Yahoo, Google, Dell, AIG, Microsoft, and Wetpaint
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Business news and Fortune 500 - FORTUNE Magazine | September 14, 2009
Powerful women: How they do it all
...13 do. Fortune Magazine) -- We asked Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Carol Bartz of Yahoo, and Jeanne Jackson of Nike to share their strategies for keeping their careers on track while coping with everything from cancer to kids. Here is what...
In this article: Nike, Surgery, Yahoo, Facebook, McDonald's, California, Cancer, Breast cancer, Fortune Magazine, and Sheryl Sandberg
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Forbes.com Business News | July 16, 2009
A Skinnier, Safer America
...medical expenses, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That s enough money to buy all of Nike ( NKE - news - people ), Yahoo! ( YHOO - news - people ), Boeing ( BA - news - people ), and Starbucks ( SBUX - news -...
In this article: Obesity, George Kelling, Nike, Starbucks, and Yahoo
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Business Wire Entertainment News | March 10, 2008
Method Selected as Exclusive Design Sponsor of TV of Tomorrow Show
...television and within immersive environments. The firm has a blue-chip client roster that features brands such as Sony, Gucci, Microsoft, Visa, Comcast, Nike, Adobe, and Yahoo!, among others. Method has offices in San Francisco, New York...
In this article: Tomorrow, Comcast, San Francisco, California, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Visa, Nike, and Gucci
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Crooks and Liars | March 09, 2008
Bjork's Tibet Protest Offends The Chinese Crooks and Liars
...more about what China is doing today? When you support Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Apple, Nike, etc, --or the Olympics-- you are supporting what China has done in Tibet and Tinneman Square. China murdered many thousands in Tibet,...
In this article: Tibet, China, Bjork, Nike, Opium, Kashmir, Tax, India, Panda bear, and Dalai Lama
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Advertising Age | August 26, 2009
In Slim Month for Rag Mags, Style Site Builds Buzz With Nike, Gap
...to Fit Facebook page, crafted with digital agency AKQA. Last week Nike also launched a Polyvore competition for its women's training gear, which has received almost 800 entries. Founded by former Yahoo engineers Pasha Sadri, Jianing Hu...
In this article: Polyvore, Gap, Nike, Piperlime, Marc Jacobs, Affiliate marketing, Revenue, and Lady Gaga
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PR Newswire | January 30, 2008
NVTC Titans Breakfast: Sudhakar Kesavan, Chairman & CEO, ICF International, Says Regulatory Environment is Changing, Companies Need to Control Carbon Emissions
...and morale and the bottom line." Many large U.S. companies have already made these commitments in the technology sector, including Google and Yahoo, and in the manufacturing area, including Nike and Timberland. By April 2008, ICF's 23 offices...
In this article: Carbon, ICF International, Carbon dioxide, Timberland, Nike, and General Dynamics
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washingtonpost.com | August 16, 2009
Yahoo Veterans Launch Rocket Fuel, A Hybrid Ad Network
...are publicly launching a hybrid ad network today called Rocket Fuel, which they've tested over the past year with major brands including Nike, Dell, Microsoft, and American Express. Despite keeping quiet, Rocket Fuel's ad network reaches 40...
In this article: Yahoo, Labrador Ventures, Nike, Dell, American Express, and Microsoft
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Nike, Inc. (pronounced: /ˈnaɪki/) (NYSE: NKE) is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment with revenue in excess of $18.6 billion USD in its fiscal year 2008 (ending May 31, 2008). As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
The company was founded on January 25, 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. in 1978. The company takes its name from Nike (Greek Νίκη pronounced: /níːkɛː/), the Greek goddess of victory; it is also based on Egyptian usage of "strength", "victory", nakht. Nike markets its products under its own brand as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, Air Jordan, Nike Skateboarding and subsidiaries including Cole Haan, Hurley International, Umbro and Converse. Nike also owned Bauer Hockey (later renamed Nike Bauer) between 1995 and 2008. In addition to manufacturing sportswear and equipment, the company operates retail stores under the Niketown name. Nike sponsors many high profile athletes and sports teams around the world, with the highly recognized trademarks of "Just do it" and the Swoosh logo.
- Name:
- Nike, Inc.
- Type:
- Public (NYSE: NKE)
- Location:
- Beaverton, Oregon, United States
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founded:
- 1972
- Stock Symbol:
- NKE
- Industry:
- Designing and Manufacturing: Sportswear
- Sports equipment
- Key People:
- Products:
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- Apparel
- Accessories
- Athletic shoes
- Sports equipment
- Revenue:
- US$ 18.627 billion (2008)
- Operating Income:
- US$ 2.199 billion (2007)
- Net Income:
- US$ 1.883 billion (2008)
- Assets:
- US$ 12.443 billion (2008)
- Equity:
- US$ 7.825 billion (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 30,200 (2008)
- Motto:
- Just Do It!
- Market Cap:
- US$ 33.99 billion (2008)
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