Ford controlled rubber plantations in Brazil, a fleet of ships, a railroad, 16 coal mines, and thousands of acres of timberland and iron-ore mines in Michigan and Minnesota.
This ransom is a big one--and likely to be the benchmark for future environmental payoffs involving private timberland.
But rescuing the owl and the timeless forest may mean barring the logging industry from many tracts of virgin timberland, and that would deliver a jarring economic blow to scores .
Telefonica Shares Climb Telefónica shares climb after a report of an AT&T takeover bid. | Weyerhaeuser is buying 645,000 acres of timberland. | The last remaining private equity unit of JPMorgan Chase is being spun out. | A planned sale of synthetic collateralized-debt obligations falls apart.
June 17, 2013 - New York Times
Stone Gossard in WELT ONLINE It is not common to find an agreement between an individual and a corporation with so many altruistic synergies. I am truly humbled and excited to begin our journey together. Timberland is not only a brand I have worn as long as I can remember, but... Wyclef Jean http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyclef_Jean&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFMT0kiTOMKwUAheD2OkAs0hyC0gA Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS37766%2B02-Oct-2009%2BPRN20091002&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHd29ajPHaRjP87uiU60WCUJgyS3g Oct 1, 2009
100196 133072 timberland I am excited about the opportunity to not only share my new music with all the hardworking 'Dig It' volunteers, but to see first-hand what Timberland and American Forests can achieve in each of these cities," said Stone Gossard. "We are all...
Dick Molpus in Reuters Dick Molpus, President of Molpus Woodlands Group, stated, "These timberland parcels are our first acquisitions outside the US South. We try to fulfill our client's objectives in their investment portfolios and this represents their desire to...