Encyclopedia of american business history part 7 pps

... virtual dominance of the industry. In 1998, the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department filed suit against Microsoft, charging Gates, Bill 179 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates (GETTY IMAGES) 177 G Gallatin, ... By the time of Goodrich’s death of exhaustion and tuberculosis in a Colorado sanatorium, his firm had become a regional powerhouse with assets of $564,000, profits of...

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... firm founded by Enoch Clark (1802–56) after the Panic of 18 37. Clark had been a partner in the firm of S. & M. Allen & Chrysler Corp. 77 of Chrysler, adding to its product line. In the 1930s, ... logo. Bank of America divested itself of the card business several years after introduc- 78 Cisco Corporation Further reading Hyde, Charles K. Riding the Roller Coaster: A His...

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... landscape of Chicago by subsidizing several of its most famous landmarks. These included the University of Chicago, the Academy of Fine Arts, and the Field Museum of Natural History. When he died of ... the marketing range of farms, allowing them to ship heavier goods farther with little loss of profit. The middle part of the 19th century was marked by expansion, innovati...

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... Declaration of Independence. Returning to New York, he subsequently took an active role in drafting the New York constitution of 177 7 and was rewarded with an appointment as chancellor of the Court of ... the policies of progressivism began to attack the lenient attitude of government toward business. The administration of William McKinley was the last in which a hands-off po...

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... after many of the laws were passed. The concept was very similar to the earlier work of journalist Gustavus Myers, whose own book, The History of the Great American Fortunes, was one of the first ... 365 refining business. The oil business brought many railroads to Cleveland, and many of the lines soon began competing for business by offering favorable rate schedules, which...

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... 0-8160-4350 -7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. United States—Commerce History Encyclopedias. 2. Business enterprises—United States History Encyclopedias. 3. Indus- tries—United States History Encyclopedias. ... . This history of the wage-workers of all countries is but the history of constant struggle and misery engendered by ignorance and dis- union; whereas the history of the...

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... A History of the Bank of New York 178 4–1884. New York: Bank of New York, 1884. Nevins, Allan, ed. History of the Bank of New York & T rust Co. New York: privately published, 1934. Bank of ... nonbanking businesses. The OBHC loophole was plugged by the BHCA Amendments of 1 970 . Many of the provisions of the BHCA are no longer in effect because they have been super-...

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... 20 pictures per year, and profits were almost $70 0,000 per year. Part of the profits was from merchandise tie-ins that Disney helped pioneer along with manufacturers of consumer goods, a practice ... joined in a partner- ship with Morgan in 1 871 at the suggestion of Junius S. Morgan, and Drexel Morgan & Co. opened for business and became the American agent for J. S. Morgan...

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... exports of Ameri- can sellers. The combination of the two, along with other forms of credits and guarantees, is part of American trade policy and can signifi- cantly affect the balance of payments. The ... formulates the mone- tary policy. It is made up of the governors of each central bank participating in the euro and of the members of the executive board of the Euro...

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... Managerial Revolution in American Business. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1 977 . Field, Alexander J. “Modern Business Enterprise as a Capital Saving Innovation,” Journal of Economic History 47 ( June ... for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers in 175 9; the Episcopalian ministers organized a similar fund in 176 9. In the hal...

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