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Francis Vigo
Francis Vigo , 1747-1836, American frontier trader and merchant, supporter of the American Revolution. He was born at Mondovi, Italy, and originally named Giuseppe Maria Francesco Vigo. Having enlisted in the Spanish army, he was sent to Cuba and to New Orleans, where he became interested in the fur trade. After his military service, he went to St. Louis and was secretly an agent of the Spanish governor while he built up a successful business among the Native Americans. After George Rogers Clark captured Kaskaskia (1778), Vigo took up the American cause, and his assistance with money, supplies, and information helped make possible Clark's recapture of Vincennes. In 1783, Vigo settled in Vincennes, where he became an American citizen. His claims for his advances to Clark were not honored until long after his death.
Bibliography: See biography by B. Roselli (1933).
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First Data Corp. Completes Acquisition of Vigo Remittance Corp.; Complements Money Transfer Business, Expands Choices for Consumers.
Business Wire; 10/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...that it has completed the acquisition of Vigo Remittance Corp., a provider of electronic...throughout the world. First Data purchased Vigo from Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based...complementary strengths of First Data and Vigo will bring about more choice for consumers...
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A short and ferocious life Retrospective of Vigo's films begins world tour
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 4/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...director who made a mere four films. Jean Vigo hardly had time to be a surrealist...Zero de conduite,'' and was to compare Vigo the roughneck to bourgeois Jean Renoir...images, and in his love of images.'' Vigo's films may be about childhood and newlyweds...
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Darling Lily: with elegance and elan, Carolina Ballet's Lilyan Vigo triumphs in classical and Balanchine roles.(Interview)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...really, really nice. Her name? Lilyan Vigo--Carolina Ballet's very own homegrown...Robert Weiss has shaped and fostered, Vigo joined the company, based in Raleigh...knowledge. As a headliner of a ballerina, Vigo embodies Weiss' ideals about dancing...
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World Council of Credit Unions and Vigo(SM) Provide Remittance Services to Kenya.
Business Wire; 11/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...announced a strategic relationship with Vigo Remittance Corp., one of the largest...remittance market for both World Council and Vigo. IRnet([R])Coop Kenya is a joint...Council, its affiliated credit unions and Vigo, which provides consumers with access...
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Imagination Technologies' Vigo Mobile TV IP platform; Single baseband solution supporting multiple Mobile TV standards.
M2 Presswire; 9/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...TECHNOLOGIES: Imagination Technologies' Vigo Mobile TV IP platform; Single baseband solution...announces the immediate availability of the Vigo IP platform supporting multiple Mobile TV standards. Vigo is a licensable demodulation platform for...
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First Data's Latin America Play: Buying money transmitter Vigo to boost share.(First Data Corp. to buy Vigo Remittance Corp.)(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: American Banker; 5/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Caribbean, First Data Corp. has agreed to buy Vigo Remittance Corp., the third-largest...transmitter in the United States. Buying Vigo, of Sunrise, Fla., would add 47,000...and chief executive of First Data, said Vigo's network "matches up very well" with...
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DE VIGO, A TODAS PARTES.(TT: From Vigo to any place.)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 7/27/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...con la pesca como motor de prosperidad, Vigo creci y se volvi industrial, se convirti...genuina ubicacin, todo parece pasar por Vigo. LA costa pontevedresa tiene un trazado...adentro. En las ras de Arousa, Pontevedra o Vigo, emergen ciudades que han crecido impulsadas...
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First Data Corp. Announces Acquisition of Vigo Remittance Corp.; Addition Complements First Data's Money Transfer Business and Expands Choices for Consumers.
Business Wire; 5/12/2005; 700+ words
; ...definitive merger agreement to acquire Vigo Remittance Corp., a provider of electronic...control over their money transfer needs." Vigo was founded nearly 20 years ago to provide...based private equity firm, acquired Vigo and proceeded to improve and grow Vigo...
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INVESTMENT GROUP HAS PLANS FOR VIGO UNIT HOPES TO MAKE MONEY-TRANSFER FIRM MORE COMPETITIVE.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 11/22/2002; ; 614 words
; ...buy and build up money-transfer company Vigo Remittance Corp. to better compete with...Transfer Group. Its first purchase is Vigo, a New York-based pioneer in the transfer...approvals from a dozen or so states that Vigo operates in. Trujillo, the chairman and...
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AFTER VIGO
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 7/6/2005; ; 499 words
; TRACKING SHOTS AFTER VIGO July5 through 28, BAMcinmatek Nobody...than three hours, all told-than Jean Vigo, demi-surraliste, anarchist's son...consumptive martyr. At BAM, the movies bearing Vigo's footprint mostly reflect Zero for Conduct...
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Vigo, Jean
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
VIGO, Jean Nationality: French. Born: Paris...Alemreyda (Eug è ne Bonaventure de Vigo). Education: Attended a number of schools...conduite 1934 L'Atalante Publications By VIGO: books — The Complete Jean Vigo...
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Jean Vigo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jean Vigo Film director Jean Vigo (1905-1934) had a brief career encompassing only four films...his work, which came posthumously, has been nearly unanimous. Vigo was born Jean Bonaventure de Vigo in Paris on April 26, 1905, the...
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Francis Vigo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Francis Vigo , 1747-1836, American frontier trader...originally named Giuseppe Maria Francesco Vigo. Having enlisted in the Spanish army...Rogers Clark captured Kaskaskia (1778), Vigo took up the American cause, and his assistance...
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Vigo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vigo , city (1990 pop. 279,986), Pontevedra prov., NW Spain, in Galicia...loaded with American gold and precious stones, was destroyed in the Bay of Vigo by the British and the Dutch; several galleons were sunk, and it is believed...
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Vigo Bay, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Vigo Bay, battle of, 1702. In August 1702, at the outset of the War of the Spanish...received news that a large Spanish treasure fleet and its escort was harboured in Vigo Bay. On 12 October they annihilated the enemy, sinking 11 men‐...
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