Random Reminiscences
Excerpt from Random Reminiscences of Men and Events
By John D. Rockefeller
Published in 1909
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was the founder and driving force behind the Standard ...
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Arguments have raged over Standard Oil and its business practices since its prime in the 1870's and 1880's. Was it a monopoly? Did it severely impede fair competition? If it was a monopoly, did it...
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Chicago banker and oil executive John E. Swearingen, who led Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to become the sixth-largest U.S. company, died at a Birmingham hospital. He was 89.Swearingen died of pneumo...
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President Evo Morales called capitalism the "worst enemy of humanity" at a conference of Latin American leftist intellectuals on Tuesday.A coca-growers' union leader who became Bolivia's first Indi...
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She speaks with the fervor of a woman possessed. In the cadence of a grange hall auctioneer, Laurie Flori jabs a finger at each house on her street, every one ordered from Sears, Roebuck and Co."Th...
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Harry and Billy Macklowe are so busy. Two months ago, they more than doubled their New York portfolio with a $7 billion buy from Blackstone. And now here comes their next prize.
We already know...
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A man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday for plotting to help a supposed al-Qaida operative blow up U.S. oil pipelines and refineries.Michael C. Reynolds claimed he had been trying...
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This afternoon, quite a big listing popped up on the Brown Harris Stevens website.
But just how big is the Harkness House, aka the Harkness Mansion? "It's the widest house you...
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A man charged with trying to help al-Qaida blow up U.S. energy facilities told his contact it would lead to "instant rebellion" by the American public.Michael C. Reynolds, 49, of Wilkes-Barre, is o...
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A man who claimed he had been trying to root out terrorists on the Internet was convicted Friday of plotting to help a supposed al-Qaida operative blow up U.S. oil pipelines and refineries.A federa...
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2008. There are 356 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published his influential pamphlet, "Common Sense."...
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Random Reminiscences
Rockefeller
Oil industry leader Swearingen dies
