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Alcon offices in Johns Creek, Georgia. Alcon Inc. (German: Alcon AG) is a Swiss-American pharmaceutical and medical device company specializing in eye care products. It has a paper headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland but its operational headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, where it employs about 4,500 people. [2]
The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat -filled wetland straddling the Georgia – Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness. The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia and ...
The Aucilla River rises in Brooks County, Georgia, USA, close to Thomasville, and passes through the Big Bend region of Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachee Bay. Some early maps called it the Ocilla River. It is 89 miles (143 km) long and has a drainage basin of 747 square miles (1,930 km 2).
The total cost to Novartis for the 77% stake in Alcon was $38.7 billion ($168 per share). In the deal's first phase, Novartis acquired a 25% stake in Alcon from Nestlé for $10.4 billion in July 2008.
Alcon relocated its headquarters to Geneva in 2018, citing an opportunity to “increase Alcon’s global scale and reach to better serve customers.” The company employs a total of 25,000 people.
Mouth. Atlantic Ocean. • coordinates. 30°43′23″N81°29′41″W30.72306°N 81.49472°W. Length. 236 mi (380 km) St. Marys River seen from Fort Clinch, Florida, with nuclear submarine returning to the sub base at Kings Bay, Georgia. The St. Marys River (named Saint Marys River by the United States Geological Survey, [ 1 ]) is a 126-mile ...
Alapaha River. Coordinates: 30.4366062°N 83.0965262°W. The Alapaha River at Statenville, Georgia, during a period of drought in 2000. The Alapaha River / əˈlæpəhɑː / is a 202-mile-long (325 km) [1] river in southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a tributary of the Suwannee River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Big Bend of Florida, United States, is an informally named geographic region of North Florida where the Florida Panhandle transitions to the Florida Peninsula south and east of Tallahassee (the area's principal city). [1] The region is known for its vast woodlands [2] and marshlands and its low population density relative to much of the state.