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American business history is a history of business, entrepreneurship, and corporations, together with responses by consumers, critics, and government, in the United States from colonial times to the present.
Business history is a historiographical field which examines the history of firms, business methods, government regulation and the effects of business on society. It also includes biographies of individual firms, executives , and entrepreneurs .
American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history.
The American Can Company was a manufacturer of tin cans. It was a member of the Tin Can Trust, that controlled a "large percentage of business in the United States in tin cans, containers, and packages of tin." [1] American Can Company ranked 97th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. [2]
This list comprises the largest companies currently in the United States by revenue as of 2024, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes.. The Fortune 500 list of companies includes only publicly traded companies, also including tax inversion companies.
The American Tobacco Company's assets were split off into: American Tobacco Company, the existing R. J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers, and Lorillard. The monopoly became an oligopoly . [ 21 ] The main result of the dissolution of American Tobacco Trust and the creation of these companies was an increase in advertising and promotion in the industry ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [7] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
1873 renamed to The Claflin Company. 1818 Breck's: Boston, Massachusetts (found.) Flowers [108] Acquired by Gardens Alive! 1818 Libbey Incorporated: Toledo, Ohio: Glassware Formerly Libbey Glass Company and New England Glass Company 1818 Brooks Brothers: New York City: The oldest apparel/clothing brand in continuous operation in the United ...