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- 1391: Ancient Babylon
- ... freeman who were able to become slaves at any time, and the slaves who were of course the lowest class. The next section in the code was the Commercial Law. This had to do with business transactions and most things relating to business. It set up 20% interest rates. There was a political economy based on economic status. The wealthy classes were the creditors and the poorer class was the debtors. After the Commercial Law came the Penal ...
- 1392: Analysis Of The Kingdom Of Mat
- ... evangelic congregations appeared in the early decades of the nineteenth century in order to serve the poor, the emotionally needy, those barred from the new prosperousness, hopefulness, forbearance, personal freedom and sensible thought of the business classes. Combining good narrative skills,excellent characterization, and historic detail, Johnson and Wilentz recreate the engaging tale of a hypocritical prophet and his erroneous followers in New York during the eighteen twenties and thirties. The ... of the kingdom. As Matthias was a carpenter he saved his money, and after he was accused of assaulting a girl he returned to Coila in eighteen twelve were Robert Thompson helped him open a business that was successful. However, as Matthew s began to bring in small parts of big city luxury to Coila and as the small town experienced them and began to be apart of the market revolution ...
- 1393: Assessment Of Economic Progres
- ... Here is a list of the main measurable indicators of economic growth and structural change for Thailand to be observed by World Bank staff members who are visiting there. To ensure a successful tour of business meeting between the World Bank representatives and the Thai government and their business executives, I feel that a thorough understanding of the Southeast Asia's (although the main focus will be Thailand's) economic growth is necessary. Economic growth is simply a long-term increase in real output ...
- 1394: Apple Computers
- ... when Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold a van and two programmable calculators for thirteen hundred dollars and started Apple Computers, Inc., in Jobs garage, the reach for success seemed far. But these two young business men, Wozniak 26 years old and Jobs 21 years old, had a vision. "Computers aren't for nerds anymore," they announced. "Computers are going to be the bicycle of the mind. Low cost computers for ... II users to run programs in either Pascal, FORTRAN or Pilot. The IEEE-488 interface card is announced and allows Apple II computers to be linked to over 1,400 scientific and technical instruments. International Business Machines came on the PC scene in August of 1981 with the IBM Personal Computer. Apple greets its new competitor with a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal with a headline that reads ...
- 1395: Andrew Carnegie Preaches The G
- ... the betterment of man may have struck those familiar with his dealings with his own employees as rather out of character. As the founder of Carnegie Steel Company, the Scottish native displayed a brilliance in business affairs and little regard for the concerns of those who worked for him. When workers at his Homestead Steel Works went out on strike in 1892, a violent confrontation with company-hired thugs ensued. Carnegie ... the country at the time of the strike, did nothing to stem the violence and never recognized the legitimacy of labor unions. By the turn of the century, however, Carnegie was out of the steel business. He sold Carnegie Steel to J.P. Morgan and turned his full attention to philanthropy. In all he gave away 350 million dollars. In 1900 he published a collection of his writings entitled, "The Gospel ...
- 1396: A Plan In The Making The Const
- ... conditions that appeal to not only the public, but to the new economy of this new country. This, however, would be a difficult class. Beard refers to this struggle or battle as the war between business and populism. Those that attended the convention for how the economy was going to be run, were not great philosophers of that time, but rather, business, property and stockholders of public securities. Beard states that the Articles of Confederation had hardly gone into effect before all of the well-respected leaders felt that the balance of power was inadequate. After previous ...
- 1397: A Mafia Thing
- ... like San Jose, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Rockford, Ill., rank within the top ten. (Trimble 30) Some major crimes committed in the smaller cities are credit-card fraud, hijacking, prostitution, and drugs. (30) Some illegal business fronts include Nightclubs, Fast-food outlets, trucking, and garbage collection. (30) In the international Melting Pot of organized crime, has many different cultures. Such groups as the Chinese Triads, the Japanese Yakuza, and the Vietnamese ... the average wise-guy. (271) Over the last few years some outstanding names have been convicted. The most popular, probably John Gotti. John Gotti was not a very flashy man, he acted as a regular business man. (Capeci 3A) John Gotti chose to turn himself in for the life of his brother. John was taken in for a life sentence of racketeering. When he chose to give his eleven year reign ...
- 1398: Alphonse Scarface Capone
- ... me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman. When I sell liquor, it s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lake Shore Drive, its hospitality. Al Capone Capone s bootlegging business widely expanded the availability of alcohol. Capone s words often made him look smart and the government look like fools. More than anything though, Capone built up one of the largest empires of his time ... that it sent out a message of hatred and threats towards rivals. One thing that Capone s gang did along with other s is they blackmailed. If any body got into someone like Capone s business, they were either blackmailed to keep shut, or they were murdered. Capone probably also blackmailed his way out of prison time on more than one occasion. Through all of these Capone s actions simply helped ...
- 1399: Great Gatsby 7
- ... dream. However, one part of the American dream involves superior morality, which is certainly one thing that Gatsby lacks. Much of his wealth is achieved by the illegal sale of whiskey. Once, he leaves a 'business associate' to take the, blame while he continues on with his business. Another aspect of the American dream is happiness, which is one thing Gatsby does not possess. Although he is rich and can buy anything he wants, Gatsby remains restless and indecisive about his own needs ...
- 1400: Girls Of Slender Means
- ... around the world of books. However, they had different perspectives about it. Jane worked for a publisher and Joanna attended a school of drama to be a teacher of elocution. Jane thought of the publishing business as ...essentially disinterest[ing] (39), while Joanna chose her profession because of her love for poetry. ...poetry, especially the declamatory sort, excited her and possessed her; she would pounce on the stuff, play with it ... that she described as of a smouldering nature , such as loins and lovers, the root, the rose, the seawrack and the shroud. Secondly and secretly, she wrote letters of a friendly tone but with a business intention, under the auspices of the pale foreigner. Thirdly and more openly, she sometimes did a little work in her room which overlapped from her day s duties at the small publisher s office (41 ...
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