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An Austrian Immigrant Succeeds With His Chocolate Business Like None (0)
"Stephen Klein 31 arrived in New York from the Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938. Upon his arrival he literally spent two days in New York researching the chocolate buying habits of New Yorkers. He observed that Americans bought the sweet chocolates more. Instead of selling sweet chocolates he decide...
Created: Jun 05, 09 Modified: Jun 05, 09
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How Did This Scottish Immigrant Became The Richest Man In The World Ever! (0)
"History shows that Andrew Carnegie was, at one time, the richest man in the world, but he wasn’t born that way. His story is a true American rags to riches tale of a Scottish immigrant without a penny to his name rising to become a millionaire industrialist and this country’s “King of Steel.”"
Created: Jun 05, 09 Modified: Jun 05, 09
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Learning to Save From Walt Disney (0)
I was struck by an interesting life lesson recently, and it came from the most unlikely of sources; the Disney version of Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. In one scene of the film, little Michael Banks comes across two pence (“tu’pence” in the movie’s Cockney vernacular-prett...
Created: Jun 05, 09 Modified: Jun 05, 09
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Should You Invest In Penny Stock (0)
A Word About Penny Stocks: You may or may not have heard the term “penny stocks” before. It almost sounds like an attractive term, seeming to indicate stocks from companies that have just gone public or are just starting out. Everyone’s got to start somewhere, right? The penny stocks of today coul...
Created: Jun 05, 09 Modified: Jun 05, 09
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