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Purchase Order Financing- Easy Money

Purchase Order Financing-Easy Money explores the history of money, the conversion of gold to paper money and the similarities between the invention of bartering and purchase order financing. According to Dictionary.com, the word easy has about 17 defi... Read >
Author: Gregg Elberg

U.S. Interstate System – A Brief History

Today in the United States, traveling a considerable distance by automobile often involves traveling along a portion of at least one interstate. Direct, multi-lane routes, high speed limits and the absence of stop signs and red lights make interstate trav... Read >
Author: Greg Chapman

Stock Investing – Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Bear Stearns Swept up in latest INSIDER

In the biggest Insider Trader scandal in two decades, members of four prominent firms were implicated in the developing scandal. The firms included Bank of America (BAC.N), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), UBS (UBS.N), and Bear Stearns (BSC.N). To begin with, a lit... Read >
Author: Richard Stoyeck

The Secret Power of Thought and Thanksgiving

Copyright (c) 2006 Luann Robinson Hull " 'Everything can be taken from a man[woman] but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."-Victor Frankl, concentration camp su... Read >
Author: LRH

The Hoover Dam: an important cultural landmark

Herbert Hoover has the sad misfortune of being remembered as the President in office at the time of the Wall Street Crash, and the ensuing onset of the Great Depression. However, he has achieved a lasting legacy in the Hoover Dam; also known as the Boulde... Read >
Author: Richard Green

The History of the Buffalo Nickel - Part II

Continued from Part I A buffalo (bison) named Black Diamond, who was a resident of the New York Zoological Park served as the model. Fraser utilized a little artistic freedom to depict the bison as though he was on the Great Plains. A few years after t... Read >
Author: Keith Scott

The History of Income Tax

They say death and taxes are the only two certain things in life. Alas, this wasn't always the case. Well, at least for the income tax. The History of Income Taxes Our great nation came into existence in fits and starts. Following the revolt agains... Read >
Author: Richard Chapo

The History of Teddy Bears

Teddy bears have been around since 1902. The teddy bear came to being when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shot a black bear held captive by his hunting party. Also worth noting is that President Roosevelt's refusal to shoot this captive bear beca... Read >
Author: David Chandler

Executive Coaching and the American President

Perhaps no one better than a former U.S. president has the right to advise executives: "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do ... Read >
Author: Stephanie Tuia

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