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  2. American Express - Wikipedia

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    Share of the American Express Company, 1865. In 1850, American Express was started as a freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New York. [13] It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor ...

  3. Sino-Forest Corporation - Wikipedia

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    At the end of September 2010, Sino-Forest Corp had claimed approximately 757,000 hectares of forest plantations located in southern China. Its principal business segments include Wood Fibre Operations (i.e. the ownership and management of plantation trees, the sale of standing timber and wood logs, the trading of wood products sourced domestically and internationally) and Manufacturing and ...

  4. E-Trade - Wikipedia

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    E-Trade logo from February 3, 2008 to December 31, 2021. In 1982, physicist William A. Porter and Bernard A. Newcomb founded TradePlus in Palo Alto, California, with $15,000 in capital.

  5. Accounting scandals - Wikipedia

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    Merrill Lynch: 2002 [67] Deloitte & Touche United States: Conflict of interest Mirant: 2002 [57] KPMG United States: Overstated assets and liabilities Nicor: 2002 [57] Arthur Andersen United States: Overstated assets, understated liabilities Peregrine Systems: 2002 [57] Arthur Andersen United States: Overstated sales Qwest Communications: 2002 [57]

  6. Coachella Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Coachella Valley (/ k oʊ ˈ tʃ ɛ l ə, ˌ k oʊ. ə-/ koh-CHEL-ə, KOH-ə-) [1] is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County.The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area [2] due to the historic prominence of the city of Palm Springs.

  7. Frank Giustra - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1980s, Giustra left Merrill Lynch to create a resources-financing group in Europe for the new firm Yorkton Securities. He is said to have "transformed Yorkton into a major force in the world of international mining finance." [6] In 1990, he became president of the company and, in 1995, was appointed chairman and CEO.

  8. Brookfield Place (Toronto) - Wikipedia

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    The TD Canada Trust Tower is noted for its recessed design and spire on the upper levels and stands at 53 storeys. Designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the tower was completed in 1990 and was initially known as the Canada Trust Tower until 2000 when Toronto-Dominion Bank purchased Canada Trust.

  9. List of Ig Nobel Prize winners - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day. [1]A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in mid-September, around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced, for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think".