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...Approaching the peak of Japan’s asset bubble in 1988, after Japanese companies had bagged Columbia Records, InterContinental Hotels and Firestone Tire, the government in Tokyo warned everyone to curb their...
...During the 1980s, low interest rates and a stock market bubble fuelled a Japanese buying spree of trophy US assets like the Pebble Beach golf course, Columbia Records, Firestone Tire and InterContinental...
...The 16,200-sq ft property, which has 13 bedrooms and sits on 6.7 acres, was owned in the 1950s by Harvey S Firestone Jr, son of the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber....
...(Financial Times) “On Thursday, G.M. confirmed that it had hired a crisis management adviser, Jeff Eller, who cut his teeth in the Clinton administration and also represented Firestone in its tire recall...
...Back then, Japan’s Bridgestone offered almost 40 per cent more than Italy’s Pirelli to secure control of Firestone Tire & Rubber of the US....
..., owner of Firestone....
...The tyres, made by a Chinese company called Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber, lacked a gum strip that helps strengthen the tyre and prevent tread separation – the problem that caused a massive recall of Firestone...
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