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Everette Bagby Harris, (April 18, 1913 - December 24, 1993) [1] was an American businessman. Harris served as President of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from 1953 to 1978. During this time, he oversaw the diversification of the products traded on the exchange.
Brightspeed of Texas, Inc. Formerly: Central Telephone Company of Texas (1956-2022) Company type: Subsidiary: Industry: Telecommunications: Founded: 1956; 69 years ago () Products: Local Telephone Service Internet: Parent: Centel (1956-1992) Sprint Nextel (1992-2006) Embarq (2006-2009) CenturyLink/Lumen (2009-2022) Brightspeed (2022-present ...
The First Century of the Telephone in Connecticut. Southern New England Telephone, New Haven, Connecticut, 1978. White, James A., and Paul Ingrassia. "AT&T Break-up Gives Two Mavericks an Opportunity to Compete in New Fields." Wall Street Journal, April 10, 1982. "The Brassiest Bell Company." Business Week, March 14, 1983.
The Western Company also operated an offshore drilling company, run by Chiles' brother, during the 1970s. The offshore drilling company was sold to Noble Drilling in 1991. The Western Company moved from Fort Worth to Houston in 1990. The company featured an innovative oil museum open to the public on the first floor of their office building in ...
Deals on vehicles and jewelry through a U.S. government auction website were a steal in more ways than one: An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty to hacking a website to buy the items for $1 each ...
In 1963, Armstrong's first cable television customers were connected in Butler, Pennsylvania.These customers were provided with nine viewing channels. For the next 40+ years Armstrong continued to grow in western Pennsylvania and the surrounding states virtually uncontested for television service until the expansion of satellite service became more widespread.
Homeowners across the U.S. are being targeted in a sophisticated scam in which callers pose as mortgage lenders to defraud people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Federal ...
Sage Telecom was founded in Allen, Texas by Dennis W. Houlihan around 1996. In 1998 Sage received certification from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Texas to provide local telephone service throughout the entire state of Texas.