At the age of 17 he became an apprentice machinist at the shop of Walcott & Harris in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, and following two or three other jobs in quick succession after graduation, he went into business for himself in 1831, making lathes and small tools.

In earlier business cycles, when this occurred the country usually experienced a sharp upturn in residential construction as mortgage financing became easier to obtain.

In 1846 Matthew B. Goodwin, jeweler and watchmaker, became the town's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox House '' or `` one door north of the Bank, Manchester, Vermont ''.

He owned a logging equipment business here from 1923 to 1928, and later became Northwest district manager for Macwhyte Co..

( P. 214 ) anti-trust laws became the greatest protection to uncontrolled business dictatorship.

Where in the beginning locally found agates were used to make all types of objects for the European market, this became a globalized business around the turn of the 20th century: Idar-Oberstein imported large quantities of agate from Brazil, as ship's ballast.

The Clintons ' personal and business affairs during the 1980s included transactions that became the basis of the Whitewater investigation that dogged his later presidential administration.

His uncle, Josiah Turner, together with business partner James Starley used this as a basis for the ' Coventry Model ' in what became Britain's first cycle factory.

" By 1972 when GE and RCA were no longer in the mainframe business, the remaining five companies behind IBM became known as the BUNCH, an acronym based on their initials.

In 1970 Bombardier acquired the Viennese company Lohner-Rotax, a manufacturer of snowmobile engines and tramways, and became involved with rail business.

Be Inc. also released a stripped-down version of BeOS for Internet Appliances ( BeIA ), which soon became the company's business focus in place of BeOS.

Beginning with a Nintendo Entertainment System port of 1942 published in December 1985, the company started to venture into the market of home console video games, which became its main business segment a few years later.

For instance, basketball legend, Michael Jordan became an active entrepreneur involved with many sports related ventures including investing a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, Paul Newman started his own salad dressing business after leaving behind a distinguished acting career, or rap musician, Birdman started his own record label, clothing line, and an oil business.

The Czech crown became fully convertible for most business purposes in late 1995.

After obtaining power, the vast majority of " idealistic " reformers gained huge possessions of state property using their positions in the government and became business oligarchs in a manner that appeared antithetical to an emerging democracy.

Shortly after his patent, Ritty became overwhelmed with the responsibilities of running two businesses, so he sold all of his interests in the cash register business to Jacob H. Eckert of Cincinnati, a china and glassware salesman, who formed the National Manufacturing Company.

However, the HP EliteBook line became the top of the business notebook lineup while the HP Compaq B series became its middle business line.

David owned a general store in Hope, Kansas, but the business failed due to economic conditions and the family became impoverished.

Raymond became a prominent voice in the open source movement and co-founded the Open Source Initiative in 1998, taking on the self-appointed role of ambassador of open source to the press, business and public.

Offering a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency, James Watt's design became synonymous with steam engines, due in no small part to his business partner, Matthew Boulton.

In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it became clear to coastal residents that the city or state that succeeded in developing a cheap, reliable route to the West would enjoy economic success, and that the port at the seaward end of such a route would see business increase greatly.

Within a few years, Gomes's captains expanded Portuguese knowledge across the Gulf of Guinea, doing business in gold dust, melagueta pepper, ivory and slaves.

However, the Gulf brand name and a number of the constituent business divisions of GOC survived.

Gulf has experienced a significant revival since 1990, emerging as a flexible network of allied business interests based on partnerships, franchises and agencies.

Gulf, in its present incarnation, is a " New Economy " business.

Gulf Oil grew steadily in the inter-war years, with its activities mainly confined to the U. S. The company was characterized by its vertically integrated business activities, and was active across the whole spectrum of the oil industry: exploration, production, transport, refining and marketing.

During this time, Jacksonville also became a banking and insurance center, with companies such as Barnett Bank, Atlantic National Bank, Florida National Bank, Prudential, Gulf Life, Afro-American Insurance, Independent Life and American Heritage Life thriving in the business district.

This community, known as Huwalas, while not at all sympathetic to the theocratic government in Tehran, tend to have extensive business interests on both sides of the Persian Gulf and have looked forward to the prospect of growing Iran-Bahrain trade.

The fire consumed 41 business establishments, including the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad depot.

Andrews attended college at Sam Houston State University and also studied business administration in Houston, Texas, working briefly as an accountant for Gulf + Western.

In the late-1950s and early-1960, Zapata Off-Shore concentrated its business in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Central American coast.

However, Atlantic and Gulf Airlines then went out of business only a few months later after failing to be awarded an airmail contract.

During the first Persian Gulf War, World did a substantial amount of profitable business for the military, enabling the addition of the MD-11 to the fleet.

Despite a BD30 million ( US $ 80 million ) cost to the business through fuel price rises during the year, Gulf Air recorded a profit of BD1. 5 million ( US $ 4. 0 million ) in the calendar year to December 2004, on revenues up 23. 8 % to BD476. 3 million ( US $ 1. 26 billion ) ( 2003: BD 384. 6 million / USD1, 020. 2 million ).

The owner states of Gulf Air at that time — the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the Sultanate of Oman — confirmed their support for further expansion of the airline through a new three-year strategic plan which would include re-equipment of the aircraft fleet and recapitalization of the business through private sector financing.

The seven subsidiaries of the ADAC include the Abu Dhabi Airport Services ( ADAS ), Abu Dhabi In-Flight Catering ( ADIFC ), Abu Dhabi Cargo Company ( ADCC ), Abu Dhabi Duty Free ( ADDF ), Abu Dhabi Hospitality Company ( ADHC ), Gulf Centre for aviation Studies ( GCAS ), and Skycity ( airport business and logistics park ).

After World War II Hofheinz pioneered FM radio and built a network of radio and television stations ( 790 KTHT Houston now KBME, 1530 KSOX Harlingen TX now KGBT, 680 KBAT San Antonio now KKYX ) in the Texas Gulf Coast area, and made a business of salvaging the slag from steelmaking, crushing it and selling it as roadbuilding aggregate.

SFM holds retreats for students at the Franciscan Mountain Retreat Centre at Mount Irenaeus, including BonaResponds — which sent nearly 300 people to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and continues to perform relief work at home and across the county — and SIFE ( Students in Free Enterprise ), which has established successful business and education programs in the Bahamas.

One member on the City Council represents all the inhabited Hauraki Gulf Islands ( i. e. Waiheke, Great Barrier and Rakino ) plus the downtown area in the central business district.

By March 1, 1850, King, Kenedy, Charles Stillman, founder of Brownsville, and James O ' Donnell entered into a business partnership ( M. Kenedy & Co .) to transport Stillman's goods from Brazos Santiago Harbor on the Gulf of Mexico and up the Rio Grande.

In 2005, Moody, with three partners, started his own independent promotion known as Gulf South Wrestling, which he announced closed on his official blog in May 2007, due to his partners in the business wanting to continue the promotion without Moody.

Investcorp also launched in 2007 a fifth line of business to make growth capital investments in greenfield projects and buyout opportunities in the MENA region, raising over $ 1 billion in the Gulf Opportunity Fund and making its first investment, Redington Gulf, a UAE based supply chain service provider.

One of the services it provides, is operating exclusively business class flights which include transatlantic operations for Gulf Air, Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines, KLM and, until March 2008, corporate shuttles for Airbus.

Sassoon was in business in Mumbai no later than 1832, originally acting as a middleman between British textile firms and Gulf commodity merchants, subsequently investing in valuable harbour properties.