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Federated Department Stores Inc Federated Department Stores Inc
Federated Department Stores, Inc. 7 West 7th StreetCincinnati, Ohio 45202U.S.A.Telephone: (513) 579-7000Fax: (513) 579-7555Web site: http://www.federated-fds.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1929Employees: 118,800Sales: $15.83 billion (1998)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: FDNAIC:... Read more
Bank Charter Act Bank Charter Act
Bank Charter Act, 1844. The culmination of government efforts to create an effective legal framework to achieve a stable currency, the Act defined the roles of the Bank of England. One department had the exclusive duty of issuing notes having a minimum value of £5 as legal tender in England and... Read more
Pubco Corp Pubco Corp
Pubco Corporation 3830 Kelley AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44114-4534U.S.A.(216) 881-5300Fax: (216) 881-8380 Public Company Incorporated: 1958 as Publishers Company Inc.Employees: 220Sales: $47.6 millionStock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 3955 Carbon Paper & Inked Ribbons; 2621 Paper Mills; 5311... Read more
Standard Oil Company Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company Sources Background.In the 1850s a new industry emerged when refiners discovered that refined petroleum (which up until that point had been bought chiefly for its supposed medicinal properties) made an ideal fuel for lamps. (It would not become... Read more
Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue famous north-south street of the borough of Manhattan, New York City. It begins at Washington Square and ends at the Harlem River. Between 34th and 59th streets, Fifth Ave. is lined with fashionable department stores and specialty shops. Fronting the avenue are the Empire State... Read more
National Security Agency National Security Agency
National Security Agency (NSA), an independent agency within the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Founded by presidential order in 1952, its primary function is to encode and decode communications intelligence and to protect U.S. signals and information systems. The mission of its Information Systems... Read more
Basse-Terre Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre , town (1999 pop. 12,410), on Basse-Terre Island, capital of Guadeloupe , a French overseas department in the West Indies. Basse-Terre is a port that ships the products of the surrounding agricultural area. Founded by the French in 1643, it retains its French colonial atmosphere, but... Read more
Articles of Incorporation Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation For small businesses that decide to incorporate, one of the first steps they must take is filing the articles of incorporation (sometimes called certificates of incorporation, articles of association, or charters) at a Secretary of State's Office or with the Department of... Read more
Chain stores Chain stores
CHAIN STORES CHAIN STORES are groups of retail stores engaged in the same general field of business that operate under the same ownership or management. Chain stores have come to epitomize the vertically integrated big businesses of modern mass distribution, and their strategies have shaped mass... Read more
Department stores Department stores
DEPARTMENT STORES DEPARTMENT STORES have their roots in the New York City business arena of the industrial era. Their success in the mid-nineteenth century created such retailing giants as Macy's, Gimbels, Marshall Field's in Chicago, and Neiman-Marcus in Dallas. Department stores indirectly... Read more

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