This Day in Business History: From the Ancients to Enron: The Great Milestones, Tales, Quotes, Characters, and Blunders: Great Corporate Tales, ... Calamitous Blunders for Every Day of the Year

by Francis L . Raymond (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.50

  'A browser's delight. Ray Francis' This Day in Business History is both erudite and entertaining' - Edward Chancellor, author of Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation . This is the perfect gift for every desktop - a day-by-day compendium of fun facts, business trivia, and money-making milestones throughout history. In the bestselling tradition of Schott's Original Miscellany , this handsomely bound collection of business quips, quotables, and quandaries makes an ideal office gift for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs. Each daily entry features a fun and fascinating glimpse behind history's greatest financial triumphs - and failures - from the art-loving Medicis to the Microsoft-selling Bill Gates.