James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
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James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
Rockefeller would come to freely attribute the secret of the firm’s success to his partner, for they were not long in the business, said Rockefeller, before Flagler realized that the negotiation of a lower freight rate was the key to the entire matter. If oil could be brought to their refineries at a rate below that offered to competitors, it would
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His power was real, grounded in his unique role in channeling the ballooning trove of American savings. One way or another, through control of boards, investment partnerships, or just implicit understandings that a bank’s or an insurance company’s investment committee would follow Morgan’s lead, he and his partners disposed of perhaps 40 percent of
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A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's My Years with General Motors (The MIT Press)
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