Search results
- A&W Restaurants. > Year founded: 1919. > Original location: Lodi. > Original name: Root Beer. Roy W. Allen bought the formula for his root beer in Arizona and brought it back to his home in Lodi, in California’s Central Valley, opening a counter called simply Root Beer in 1919.
- Baskin-Robbins. > Year founded: 1945. > Original location: Glendale. > Original name: Burt’s/Snowbird Ice Cream. In 1945, Irving Robbins, whose family had owned an ice cream store in Tacoma, Washington, opened his own place, Snowbird Ice Cream, in Glendale, just north of downtown L.A.
- Big Boy Restaurants. > Year founded: 1936. > Original location: Glendale. > Original name: Bob’s Pantry. After Robert C. Wian sold his car for $300 and opened a burger stand he dubbed Bob’s Pantry in Glendale, a group of hungry musicians came in and asked for something bigger than the usual.
- California Pizza Kitchen. > Year founded: 1985. > Original location: Beverly Hills. > Original name: Same. A couple of L.A. attorneys, Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax, who had been regular customers at Wolfgang Puck’s original Spago — which popularized California-style pizza with unconventional topping — hired Puck’s pizza chef, Ed LaDou, to develop recipes for a place of their own.
Oct 31, 2005 · On Thursday, the DOJ filed for approval by a federal court a consent decree that includes stipulations agreed to by Verizon and MCI. Under the decree, Verizon and MCI will lease dark (unused) fiber connections to 356 buildings in several states in the Verizon footprint on the East Coast.
Nov 18, 2005 · NEW YORK and ASHBURN, Va. - California today gave its final approval to the proposed acquisition of MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) after concluding the transaction advances the public interest, benefits consumers and has no adverse effects on competition.
La Purísima Mission (the United States) Show map of California Show map of the United States Show all. Location. 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California 93436. Coordinates. 34°40′13.692″N 120°25′14.2206″W / 34.67047000°N 120.420616833°W / 34.67047000; -120.420616833. Name as founded.
Feb 14, 2005 · Verizon Communications today announced plans to acquire MCI in a $6.7 billion deal aimed at helping Verizon become a more significant player in the enterprise services market.
WorldCom was a leading communications company that was acquired by Verizon Communications in January 2006. Known as MCI at the time of the merger, WorldCom’s network assets are now part of Verizon Business. WorldCom was originally founded in 1983 as Long Distance Discount Service, Inc.
People also ask
Where is MCI headquartered?
Why did Verizon acquire MCI?
How did California become a city?
Who founded the California missions?
Where can I find more information about Verizon MCIP?
Why were the missions of California set up?
Jan 13, 2024 · Discover this concise guide to the 21 California missions built by Spanish missionaries. Highlights of each mission + map of the missions.
