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...Rothschilds rose in their astonishing trajectory in the first half of the 19th century--inventing the international bond market, financing Europe's nations through wars and revolutions and the construction of their railway systems, growing to become the largest bank in the world (a dominance maintained until 1914)--they functioned as a free-lance supranational force. They passed along diplomatic intelligence for Metternich, for example, through their own communications network...
Morgan issued stocks and bonds for railroads (think of them as you would software companies today), brokered deals among them and dominated their boards. He recapitalized so many bankrupt railroads--Morganized them, as wits said--that by the 1890s he controlled one-sixth of America's railway system...
Agent Horan found herself in Nairobi last week presiding over a makeshift command center in the partly wrecked railway station bus park across from the embassy. Her task: to supervise 215 FBI agents in both capitals, along with explosives experts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, as they sort through concrete rubble, twisted metal, bits of glass--every scrap of debris that could yield the vital physical evidence that might identify who was responsible for the senseless violence...
While everyone debates how Internet commerce will affect big companies like Sears, there's no question that it has been a boon to small firms. Since our company went online with Railway Productions.com this year, we've been able to reach customers who never knew about our products. After all, how many stores sell a wide selection of videos about trains? Now we don't have to beg and plead with shop owners to give us a try. We just bypass them and go straight to the customer. LES JARRETT Indianapolis...
...summer the weather is a little tamer, and you can hike up to the summit or take a cog railway...