encyclopedia of american business (davis folsom)

... Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing 13 2 West 31st Street New York, NY 10 0 01 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Geisst, Charles R. Encyclopedia of American business histor y ... Robert F. The Dukes of Durham, 18 65 19 29. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 19 87. Porter, Patrick G. “Origins of the American Tobacco Company.” Business History Re...

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... A History of the Bank of New York 1784–1884. 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 ... 1936. Smith, Ralph. Self-Regulation in Action: The Story of the Better Business Bureaus, 19 12 19 62. New York: Association of Better Business Bureaus, 19 62. Jonathan J. Bea...

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... more industrialized. In 18 83, 90 percent of the coffee business was in green coffee sales and only 10 percent was for roasters. By 19 13, the numbers were the reverse: 95 percent of the buyers at the exchange ... period. As a result of his revelations and those of others, the BANKING ACT OF 1 933 was passed. His successor, Winthrop Aldrich, helped heal the image of the bank, an...

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... Modernization Act of 1999 abolished many of the regulations found in the BANKING ACT OF 1933, and the Inter- state Banking Act of 19 94 replaced the restrictive branching provisions of the MCFADDEN ACT of 1927. The ... Fr edriksen Deere, John (18 04 1886) inventor and busi- nessman Born in Vermont in 18 04, Deere’s father was British, and his mother was the daughter of a Britis...

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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 ... quarter of a century and left a glittering record of 26 consec- utive years of profit to his successors. When Rickenbacker turned over the leadership of East- ern to M...

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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 ... Progressives: A Social History of Stock and Commodity Speculation, 1890–19 36. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1 965 . Geisst, Charles R. Wheels of Fortune: The...

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... 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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... the Embargo Act of 180 7 brought all American trade to a virtual standstill and eliminated the business of marine insurance companies during most of 180 8. With the restoration of peace in 181 5, marine ... June 1 987 ): 473– 485 . Walton, Gary M., and Hugh Rockoff. History of the American Economy , 9th ed. Stamford, Conn.: Thomson Learning, 2002. Alexander Field Insull, Sam...

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... 192 2, Kennedy bought Film Booking Offices of Amer- ica with a small syndicate of Boston investors in early 192 6 and became the company’s president. Between 192 6 and 193 0, Kennedy spent much of ... Austin: University of Texas Press, 198 9. Kennedy, Joseph Patrick (1888– 196 9) fin- ancier, U.S. government official, and diplomat Kennedy was the progenitor of an American politic...

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... best known of which was for SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. in 1906. The first nonfamily member of the firm was not admitted to a partnership until 1924. Most of the partners were members of the Lehman ... 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 policy to...

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... var- ious stages and levels of organization. The success of larger business enterprises managed by professionally trained managers became the cornerstone of American business in the 20th century. ... yielded control of their compa- nies to professionals. The term helps distinguish the early period of American business, leading to the Civil War, with the period that followed...

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... administration, the Department of Commerce’s Office of Minor- ity Business Enterprise, and the Office of Eco- nomic Opportunity. The NNBL was unable to hold its centennial anniversary at the turn of the 21st ... Columnists pioneered interpretive Pressroom of the New York Times, 1942 (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

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... of the courthouse in Springfield, Illinois. There were no such things as office buildings filled with hundreds of offices. In the 1860s, a “typical” American office nor- mally had two types of ... use until the end of the 1980s. In the period from 1885 to the start of the Great Depression at the beginning of the 1930s, liter- ally thousands of types, brands, and models of of...

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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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... budgeting Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Land Management business and the U.S. Constitution business cycles business ethics business failure business forecasting business ... Children American Bankers Association American Bar Association American Customer Satisfaction Index American depository receipts American dream American...

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