Word: pioneers
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...TRADE, as well as Lombard Institutional Brokerage www.lombard.com and discount pioneer Charles Schwab www.schwab.com) is part of the next wave of brokerages that are shaking up the Wall Street establishment by trading stocks and bonds in cyberspace. Unlike traditional securities firms that operate out of storefronts and office buildings, this new breed connects to its customers mostly through...
Until last week that looked to be the case for Prodigy, the country's pioneer consumer online service. Frozen by a billion-dollar debt, the company watched helplessly as America Online and CompuServe blew past in an online explosion. By the time CEO Edward Bennett arrived last spring, he was left with a simple choice: reinvent the company or fold...
...point is, rock 'n' roll is an art form that was created by blacks. "It started out as rhythm and blues," says Little Richard, the flamboyant rock pioneer who saw such tumultuous songs of his as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally taken to the charts in white-bread "cover" versions by the likes of Pat Boone. "There wasn't nobody playing it at the time but black people--myself, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry. White kids started paying more attention to this music, white girls were going over to this music, they needed somebody to come in there--like Elvis...
...will also be a deep and moving experience to honor Quincy Jones, who is not only a pioneer in African-American music but also someone who is emblematic of the cross-cultural relationship which this conference recognizes and celebrates," he said...
...AFRICAN AMERICANS, the first week of April has often been a time when their heroes have died. In 1950 it was blood-plasma pioneer Dr. Charles R. Drew. In 1968 it was Martin Luther King Jr. Last week it was Carl Stokes of Cleveland, the first black big-city mayor, and Ron Brown, Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce, who at 54 perished doing what he always did best: trying to make deals...