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The Wintel Alliance: Robber Barons Redux?

Already notorious within the high-tech industry for its bullying tactics, Microsoft came to the attention of government regulators when a small software company accused the software…

Year in Review, 1999: People in the News

Whether taking the helm of a newly-independent South Africa or simply living "La Vida Loca," these were the ones who made the headlines in 1999. by Beth Rowen Lance Armstrong Age 27…

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow WilsonBorn: 12/28/1856Birthplace: Staunton, Va. (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. A Princeton graduate, he turned from law practice to post-…

Bienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur de

(Encyclopedia) Bienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur deBienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur dezhäN bätēstˈ lə mwän syör də byăNvēlˈ [key], 1680–1768, colonizer and governor of Louisiana, b.…

Brewer's: Motu Proprio

A law brought in by Consalvi, to abolish monopolies in the Papal States (1757). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MouchMotley A B C D E F G H I J K…

Antitrust, Again

Antitrust, Again Microsoft Joins a Long Tradition in Big Business by Tasha Vincent This article was posted in October, 1998. Standard Oil had come to symbolize the ruthless…

oil industry

(Encyclopedia) oil industry, the business of discovering oil (petroleum), extracting it from the ground, refining it into a variety of products, and distributing it to the public. The development of…

Brewer's: Buy Up

(To). To purchase stock to such an amount as to obtain a virtual monopoly, and thus command the market; to make a corner, as “to buy up corn,” etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…