The massive British corporation was founded under Queen Elizabeth I and rose to exploit overseas trade and become a dominating global player. One of the biggest, most dominant corporations in history operated long before the emergence of tech giants like Apple or Google or Amazon. Who owned the East Indian…
With nationalization, control that once resided within a corporation now lies with the government. When companies that were once part of the private sector are transformed into a public good, it is often contentious and met with opposition. The United States has technically nationalized several companies, usually in the form…
The movie utlimately is not for kids because Selena (age 15 at the time) looks so young and yet dances so provocatively. Drew (25 at the time) looks like a grown man because he IS a grown man. A Cinderella Story is an American series of films created by Leigh…
Arm & Hammer is a brand of baking soda-based consumer products marketed by Church & Dwight, a major American manufacturer of household products. The logo of the brand depicts the ancient symbol of a muscular arm holding a hammer inside a red circle with the brand name and slogan. The…
J.P. Morgan Chase has agreed to acquire Bank One in a deal valued at about $58 billion that would realign the competitive landscape among the world’s global banking giants, the two companies announced this evening. Bank One Corporation was the sixth-largest bank in the United States. It traded on the…
It operates under the trade names “Big Y World Class Market” or “Big Y Supermarket.” In 1936, a young entrepreneur, Paul D’Amour, aided by his brother, Gerald, and sisters, Ann Marie, Yvette, and Gertrude, purchased the Y Cash Market in the Willimansett section of Chicopee, Massachusetts, at a Y-intersection. Proud…
At Park Crossing Shopping Center, Fresno Butterfish is conveniently located in the Park Crossing Shopping Center on Friant Road between Fresno Street and Audubon Drive. With easy access from highway 41 off the Friant exit and just minutes from Riverpark and Woodward Park. After Mayd Modern Mediterranean is open, Butterfish…
Charlton House is a Jacobean building in Charlton, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. Originally it was a residence for a nobleman associated with the Stuart royal family. It later served as a wartime hospital, then a museum and library, and is now a community centre. The…
He made sausage for the wagon peddlers to deliver to various stands, butcher shops, and grocers throughout the public market. Phil Peters purchased the company in 1968, and it has been in the Peters family ever since. Where is Dearborn sausage made? Grab a hot dog to go, an assortment…
PARIS (Reuters) – Commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company has agreed to sell a large stake to Abu Dhabi-based holding company ADQ, opening itself up to outside investment for the first time after a decade of uncertainty over its family ownership. Gérard C. Louis-Dreyfus (21 June 1932 – 16 September 2016),…