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Buildings at the Herzo Base site in Herzogenaurach, Germany, where adidas has its headquarters

Adidas

Adidas is a German sportswear company headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, that designs and sells footwear, apparel and accessories for sport and everyday wear. Its annual report for 2025 gives net sales of 24.811 billion euros and an operating profit of 2.056 billion euros. History of Adidas The company grew out of a small workshop. In

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A German sportswear company based in Herzogenaurach that designs footwear, apparel and accessories and reported 2025 net sales of 24.811 billion euros.

Airbus global headquarters at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in France

Airbus

Airbus is a European aerospace company that builds commercial aircraft, helicopters, and defence and space systems, with its main operations centered on Toulouse, France. It grew out of a 1970 consortium of European firms and delivered 793 commercial aircraft in 2025, when its revenue reached 73.4 billion euros. History of Airbus France and West Germany

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Airbus is a European aerospace company, formed as a consortium in 1970, that builds commercial aircraft, helicopters and defence and space systems.

Airbus Mobile Final Assembly Line

The Airbus U.S. manufacturing facility is in Mobile, Alabama, on a 53-acre site beside Mobile Bay and near the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, a former military facility [1]. Airbus announced the site in July 2012, construction began in mid-2013 and production started in July 2015. See also Airbus. Site announced July 2012 Production start July

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Airbus's Mobile, Alabama plant began production in July 2015 and its first plane flew on March 21, 2016.

Alabama Power

Alabama Power was incorporated in Gadsden on December 4, 1906 by Cherokee County native William Patrick Lay [1]. It is an operating company of the Atlanta-based Southern Company, employs 6,800 people, has total assets of $15.7 billion and is the largest taxpayer in Alabama. The Alabama Public Service Commission has regulated its rates since 1920.

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Alabama Power was incorporated in Gadsden on December 4, 1906 and is an operating company of Southern Company.

An Alaska Railroad train

Alaska Railroad

The Alaska Railroad is a state-owned railroad whose mainline runs more than 470 miles (760 km) from Seward through Anchorage and Denali National Park to Fairbanks. Construction began in 1903, the line was completed when President Warren G. Harding drove the golden spike at Nenana on July 15, 1923, and the State of Alaska bought

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The Alaska Railroad is a state-owned railroad running over 470 miles from Seward to Fairbanks, completed in 1923.

The Amazon Spheres, glass domes beside Amazon offices in downtown Seattle, Washington

Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American company based in Seattle, Washington, that operates online and physical stores, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform and a range of media, advertising and device businesses. It reported net sales of $716.9 billion for 2025 in its annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), up

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An American company in Seattle that runs online stores, Amazon Web Services, advertising, devices and media businesses.

Solar panels and wind turbines generating renewable energy

Ando

Ando is a San Diego-based digital bank and public benefit corporation, founded in 2019 and officially launched in the United States in January 2021, built around a specific pledge: every dollar a customer deposits is invested only in projects aimed at fighting climate change rather than being lent out for fossil-fuel financing. CEO JP McNeil,

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Ando is a San Diego digital bank, founded in 2019, that pledges to invest customer deposits only in climate-friendly projects.

Aerial view of Apple Park, the headquarters campus of Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American technology company based in Cupertino, California, that designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and sells a range of related services. In its fiscal 2026, which ended on September 26, 2026, it reported net sales of $478.8 billion, according to its annual report filed with the

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An American technology company in Cupertino that designs iPhone, Mac, iPad and wearables and sells related services.

A BNSF freight train led by a GE ES44DC locomotive, one of the railroad subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American holding company, based in Omaha, Nebraska, that owns insurance, freight rail, utility and energy, manufacturing, service and retail businesses. It began as a textile manufacturer and became a diversified conglomerate after control of the company changed hands in 1965. In its annual report for 2025, Berkshire reported total revenues

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Berkshire Hathaway is an Omaha-based holding company that owns insurance, freight rail, energy, manufacturing and retail businesses, with 2025 revenues of about $371 billion.

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q is a barbecue restaurant in Decatur, Alabama, opened in 1925 by railway worker Bob Gibson and now run by the fifth generation of his family [1][2]. It is the birthplace of Alabama white sauce and has won barbecue contests including five Memphis in May championships, the latest in 2017, and Grand

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Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q is a family-run barbecue restaurant in Decatur, Alabama, founded in 1925 and known for the original white sauce.