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Rolling Stones

(Encyclopedia) Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great…

Morgan

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. As a boy he became a dry-goods…

Cal Ripken Sr. Biography

Cal Ripken Sr.Age: 63 gritty manager, coach and player in the Baltimore Orioles family for 36 years; the only father to manage two sons simultaneously in the majors; began career as a…

Computer Systems Engineer

Anonymous Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am in computer systems engineering and I manage an engineering and distribution business…

What's the Payoff?

When you buy a share in a mutual fund, you're buying both a share in an investment company and a service from that company (or more accurately, the management company that sponsors it). The…

Peter Drucker Biography

Peter Druckerwriter, management consultant Born: 11/19/1909Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Having emigrated to the U.S. in 1937, he worked as an economist, a journalist, and a philosophy…

Detroit, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Detroit Detroit dĭtroitˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 639,111), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the…