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1998 mergers and acquisitions

  • RoutledgeGeorge Routledge published an unsuccessful guidebook titled The Beauties of Gilsland in 1836. He worked alongside his brother-in-law W. H.
  • Random HouseIn 1927, two businessmen named Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer established Random House as an imprint of Modern Library.
  • Toronto RaptorsOn the 3rd of November 1995, the Toronto Raptors played their first official game against the New Jersey Nets at SkyDome.
  • ChryslerWalter Chrysler arrived at the ailing Maxwell-Chalmers company in the early 1920s. He had been hired to overhaul the troubled operations after a similar…
  • IMDbIn 1987, Col Needham began recording details of every film he watched as a hobby while working as an engineer at Hewlett-Packard in Bristol.
  • Sheraton Hotels and ResortsHarvard classmates Ernest Henderson and Robert Moore purchased the Continental Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during 1933.
  • The Ritz-Carlton Hotel CompanySwiss hotelier César Ritz redefined luxury accommodation in Europe during the late 19th century. He earned the title king of hoteliers and hotelier to kings…