PAUL-JULIUS REUTER, THE MAN WHO INVENTED ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Nearly 50,000 employees, a permanent presence in more than 90 countries, 2500 journalists: the result of the merger, between 2007 and...
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Joris
- Jan 10
- 7 min
GRACIA MENDÈS NASSI, BANKER AND JEW AT THE TIME OF THE INQUISITION
Jew and banker at the time of the Inquisition... A fate not unusual than that of Gracia Mendès Nassi, one of the great figures of the...
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Joris
- Dec 23, 2022
- 8 min
The Elevator Revolution
ELISHA OTIS AND THE ELEVATOR REVOLUTION O n this day, in May 1854, a large crowd is preparing to attend a strange spectacle at Crystal...
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Joris
- Nov 17, 2022
- 6 min
CALIFORNIA 1909, BIRTH OF SILICON VALLEY
Eleven thousand companies including Apple, Yahoo, Google, eBay and Facebook, nearly 1.6 million jobs, a GDP of around 500 billion...
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Joris
- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition)
What is the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPACs) and why is it important in stimulating acquisitions and exits of private...
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Joris
- Nov 10, 2022
- 6 min
BILL HEWLETT AND DAVID PACKARD, THE BRILLIANT DUO OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Between them, they embody all the clichés of the American success story: the company founded in a garage in California, the modest...
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Joris
- Oct 30, 2022
- 8 min
The Story of Cornelius Vanderbilt
“Gentlemen, you have sought to deceive me. I won't sue you because the law is too slow. I will ruin you. Sincerely ". The man who wrote...
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Joris
- Oct 14, 2022
- 2 min
The Yen is Collapsing
On Wednesday, the yen approached its floor, ie 147.80 yen to the dollar, weighed down by Japan's ultra-accommodating monetary policy. By...
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Joris
- Oct 11, 2022
- 6 min
The men behind Sony
Of the two founders of Sony, the best known to the general public and the media is undoubtedly Akio Morita. This genius entrepreneur, who...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 8 min
Jacob Fugger, The First Billionaire
Merchant, banker, mining entrepreneur... Nicknamed "The Rich" during his lifetime, Jacob II Fugger brought the power of the Fuggers to...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 9 min
Who were the Mercantilists?
The 150-year period from 1600 to 1750 is characterized by an increase in economic activity. Feudalism, with its economically, socially,...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 8 min
The first Black female millionaire
The granddaughter of slaves, Mrs. C.J. Walker founded a cosmetics and hair care company at the turn of the century, becoming the first...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 7 min
She Invented the Barbie Doll
On this day in March 1959, there is a large crowd at the New York Toy Fair, the great annual meeting of the industry. On the Mattel...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 7 min
He Built a "Shell"
The "Brighton Memories"... It had been a long time since Marcus Samuel had been interested in those shell-covered boxes that had been the...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 5 min
How Could technology destroy our Civilization?
The dark side of technology - Imagine what would happen if everything that is connected to the internet suddenly stop working. Hospitals...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 9 min
Edwin L. Drake. The Don of Oil
They found oil!" On that Sunday, August 28, 1859, the rumor spread like wildfire in Titusville, a small Pennsylvania town. After months...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Salesman
This is the story of the salesman who deceived the largest companies in the world and made a huge fortune and his plan is still being...
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Joris
- Oct 6, 2022
- 5 min
What are NFTs?
The only way to truly own a digital object is to own a public blockchain: NFTs are not controlled by a central body, allowing true...
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Joris
- Oct 5, 2022
- 9 min
The Story of Samuel Colt
It is an integral part of American legend, just like the Winchester or the Thomson machine gun. Popularized by the Hollywood Western...