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Aluminum Company of America
Aluminum Company of America Alcoa Building425 Sixth AvenuePittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219U.S.A.(412) 553-4545Fax:(412) 553-4498Web site: http://www.shareholder.com/alcoa Public CompanyIncorporated: 1888 as The Pittsburgh Reduction CompanyEmployees: 76,800Sales: $13.06 billion (1996)Stock... Read more |
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Lynn Curtis Swann
Lynn Swann 1952- American football player Blessed with incredible speed and an ability to catch the football with leaps almost ballet-like in gracefulness, wide receiver Lynn Swann also had an impeccable sense of timing. He joined the Pittsburgh Steelers just as the team embarked on its most... Read more |
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Maryville
Maryville city (1990 pop. 19,208), seat of Blount co., E Tenn.; settled around Fort Craig (built 1785), inc. as a town 1830, as a city 1927. With its twin city, Alcoa, it is an important center for the production of aluminum and aluminum products. Lumber, automotive parts, and ski boats are also... Read more |
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Paul Henry ONeill
Paul Henry O'Neill 1935-, American business executive and government official, b. St. Louis, Mo., grad. Fresno State College (B.A.) and Indiana Univ. (M.P.A.). A Republican, O'Neill began his career in the federal government in 1961 as a systems analyst in the Veterans Administration and worked his... Read more |
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Roger Penske
Roger S. Penske1937family:Lucida Sans Unicode;">– Chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Penske Corporation and its subsidiary, United Auto Group Nationality: American. Born: February 20, 1937, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Education: Lehigh University, BA, 1959. Family: Son of Jay... Read more |
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Stock prices
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE (DJIA) A measure of stock prices of important industrial companies, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was first printed in the Wall Street Journal in 1897. The average is an indicator of the overall stock market and is used, along with other indexes, by... Read more |
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Wallace Kirkman Harrison
Wallace Kirkman Harrison 1895-1981, American architect and city planner, b. Worcester, Mass. Harrison designed the Trylon and Perisphere, the structures that came to symbolize the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1945 he entered into partnership with Max Abramowitz (1908-2004), who was later famed... Read more |
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The Dow Chemical Company
The Dow Chemical Company 2030 Willard H. Dow CenterMidland, Michigan 48674U.S.A.Telephone: (989) 636-1000Toll Free: (800) 422 -8193Fax: (989) 636-1830Web site:http://www.dow.com Public Company Incorporated: 1947Employees: 50,000Sales: $27.8 billion (2001)Stock Exchanges: Amsterdam Bavarian... Read more |
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Erastus Dow Palmer
Erastus Dow Palmer 1817-1904, American sculptor, b. Pompey, N.Y., self-taught. A carpenter in his youth, he spent his leisure time cutting cameos. He progressed to carving bas-reliefs and then figures in the round, sculpted to conform with the classical ideal. His first full-length figure, The... Read more |
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Charles Henry Dow
Charles Dow Charles Dow (1851-1902), with his partner Edward Jones, founded Dow Jones & Company and The Wall Street Journal, in order to present business news in a simple, unbiased way. The paper became the most respected financial journal in the world. Dow also developed several stock... Read more |
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