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- 1. John Paul Jones
started out in the West Indies trade as a merchant skipper. He then joined the Continental Navy, and quikly worked imself up to the rank of captian. He loved sailing the open sea, and there wasn't much he enjoyed more than it. There were really only a couple of events that made ' name well known among the people of Europe. The first time his name c
2. The Dow Jones And Company
Dow Jones & Company was founded in 1882 by Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now the world's most vital business and financial news and information service. The DJIA is an index of 30 "blue-chip" US stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks the stock performances of about one percent of th
3. The Fog
Mr. Jones starts out his day by getting out of bed; He then proceeds to his kitchen where he has breakfast upon finishing breakfast, He enters the bathroom and begins to get ready to go to work. He finishes getting dressed and heads for the front door, neglecting to check the weather report for the day and traffic. Mr. Jones gets into his car and
4. Beginnings Of The Stock Market
At the tail end of the 19th century, boasting a list of business contacts made reporting on gold and silver prospecting in a Colorado mining town called Leadville, Charles Dow left the frontier for the nation's financial hub, New York City. He found a job at the Kiernan News Agency, a service that distributed handwritten business news to banks and
5. Getting Out Of The Ghetto
An African-American who has lived in the ghetto's of Chicago all his life, has found a way out. He will be the first mamber of his family to go to college. Social sratification in the United States is usually based on wealth and power, which is passed on from generation to generation. The relitive poverty that is charictoristic of the ghetto's in C