Business adventures, twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street, John Brooks
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- Ford Motor Company -- History
- Capital market -- United States -- History
- Finance -- United States -- History
- Stock exchanges -- United States -- Case studies
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Anecdotes
- Big business -- United States -- Case studies
- Stocks + Prices -- United States -- History
- Edsel automobile + History
- Corporations -- United States -- Case studies
- Businesspeople -- United States -- Case studies
- Stock Market Crash, 1962 + History
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Business adventures, twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street, John Brooks
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Business adventures
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John Brooks
Sub title
twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street
Table of contents
The fluctuation: the little crash in '62 -- The fate of the Edsel: a cautionary tale -- The federal income tax: its history and peculiarities -- A reasonable amount of time: insiders at Texas Gulf Sulphur -- Xerox Xerox Xerox Xerox -- Making the customers whole: the death of a president -- The impacted philosophers: non-communication at GE -- The last great corner: a company called Piggly Wiggly -- A second sort of life: David E. Lilienthal, businessman -- Stockholder season: annual meetings and corporate power -- One free bite: a man, his knowledge, and his job -- In defense of sterling: the bankers, the pound, and the dollar
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street
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