1957 in Economics - Companies Disestablished in 1957, Companies Established in 1957, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hanna-Barbera, Carrefour (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 338. Not illustrated. Chapters: Companies Disestablished in 1957, Companies Established in 1957, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hanna-Barbera, Carrefour, Asia Television Limited, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studio, Innherredsferja, Nash Motors, Food Lion, Hyatt, Austrian Airlines, Worldvision Enterprises, Anixter International, Waltham Watch Company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Sncase, Frank's Nursery & Crafts, Perry Drug Stores, Columbia Helicopters, Vanity, Best Products, Sizzler, Atv World, Aozora Bank, Lesea, Cavenders, Kb Home, O'reilly Auto Parts, Agf Management Limited, Adler, J&s Construction Company, Hills Department Stores, Kim Dong Publishing House, Saipem, Consumers Distributing, Ross Stores Inc., Sud Aviation, Hellenic Shipyards Co., Sambo's, Hyosung, K's Merchandise Mart, Daiei, Gillett & Johnston, Boise Cascade, Heljan, the Fair Store, Mccain Foods Limited, Curtis Mathes Corporation, Columbia Forest Products, Dick Clark Productions, Children's Book Trust, Mirisch Company, Valentino's, Vallourec, Sncam, Selecta, Harvey Films, Miramar Hotel and Investment, Casas Bahia, Sncaso, Burger Baron, Pro-Mark, Stuarts Department Stores, Hancock Fabrics, Liverpool Tramways Company, Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy, Seven Arts Productions, Skin Food, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, Weis, Pazmany Aircraft Corporation, Paisano Productions, Powell Industries, Sam's Tailor, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Dongyang Cement, Service Credit Union, Uniflite, Asia Cement, Elopak, Jafco, Aabsal, Sonacome. Excerpt: Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American computer company, a leading vendor in the minicomputer market throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and for a long time one of the most admired within the hacker community. Initially focusing on the small-end of the computer market allowed DEC to grow without its potenti...