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  2. Industry City - Wikipedia

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    The company had 300 manufacturing tenants spread across 120 buildings. [28] In 1951, the Bush Terminal Company's real-estate, shipping, and industrial divisions were merged with the real-estate company Webb and Knapp, though the Bush Terminal Buildings Company remained separate. As part of the merger, $5 million in improvements was proposed for ...

  3. Origins of the War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The war was fought in four theatres: on the oceans, where the warships and privateers of both sides preyed on each other's merchant shipping; along the Atlantic Coast of the US, which was blockaded with increasing severity by the British, who also mounted large-scale raids in the later stages of the war; on the long frontier, running along the ...

  4. List of companies of the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Casey's (); Dubuque Bank and Trust (); Fareway (); Happy Joe's (); Hartig Drug (); HNI Corporation (); Hy-Vee (West Des Moines); Kum & Go (); Lee Enterprises (); Maid ...

  5. John Holt (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    John Holt (31 October 1841 – 22 June 1915) was an English merchant, who founded a shipping line operating between Liverpool and West Africa, and a number of businesses in Nigeria, which are now incorporated in John Holt plc.

  6. Gift Card Granny - Wikipedia

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    Gift Card Granny was founded by Luke Knowles in Fort Collins, Colorado in 2009. [6] [7] It was a part of several sites that Knowles had founded that were collectively called "The Frugals," (Coupon Sherpa and Free Shipping Day were two others).

  7. NAMM Show - Wikipedia

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    The NAMM Show is an annual trade show in the United States organized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), which describes it as "the industry’s largest stage, uniting the global music, sound and entertainment technology communities". [2]

  8. Merchant submarine - Wikipedia

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    Strictly speaking, only two submarines have so far been purpose-built for non-military merchant shipping use, outside of criminal enterprises, though standard or partly converted military submarines have been used to transport smaller amounts of important cargo, especially during wartime, and large-scale proposals for modern merchant submarines ...

  9. Sugar plantations in the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese introduced sugar plantations in the 1550s off the coast of their Brazilian settlement colony, located on the island Sao Vincente. [2] As the Portuguese and Spanish maintained a strong colonial presence in the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula amassed tremendous wealth from the cultivation of this cash crop.