Word: firms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meanwhile, the old firm of Lloyd's in London has done a very large business in the U. S. Lloyd's, world-famous for its marine insurance facilities, has also been accustomed to take all species of risks. In one well-known policy, it insured a gentleman against having twins. The result has been that, in this country, Lloyd's has been able to take much business that a state-regulated U. S. company could not accept...
...picked. He picked William D. Mitchell of St. Paul. This Mr. Mitchell has never before held political office. He is the son of a man who sat in the Minnesota Supreme Court. Now, at 50, he has been practicing law for 29 years. He is a member of the firm of Butler, Mitchell & Doherty. His chief excursions outside of the law have been into military life. He served as a lieutenant in the Spanish American War, at one time commanded the state militia. During the World War, he organized the Sixth Minnesota Infantry and was made its Colonel, only...
...possible and sell a number of holdings which were considered as temporary investments. It was also pointed out that the mere fact that Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht and a number of other prominent bankers had met to lend Stinnes money was a good enough sign that the firm was solvent. There was no thought of liquidation, according to Stinnes reports...
...Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" So said Jesus Christ to his mother, Mary. Bruce Barton, famed advertising agent, President of the advertising firm of Barton, Durstine & Osborn, puts business in italics. This is the contribution to theology made in a recent book* of his, in which Agent Barton genuflects before a Saviour who was, in his opinion, the Founder of Modern Business. Agent Barton has small regard for the painters who have shown Christ as "a frail man, undermuscled, with a soft face-a woman's face, covered by a beard...
Incredulous surprise at last turns to pitiful acceptance of the true situation. These questions must still be answered in the affirmative. The realization of the fact, although utterly disappointing, does not sap a firm conviction as to the outcome. On the side of evolution are arrayed most educated men, most higher institutions of learning, a vast amount of wealth, and the leading newspapers of the country...