This article was written by Phineas Upham The Royal Shell Corporation, commonly known simply as “Shell,” is one of the world’s most valuable companies. It’s a multi-national oil company with headquarters in both the Netherlands and Europe, and it’s considered one of the six major oil companies currently in existence. The company is currently responsible for 84% of the GDP from the Netherlands, with assets totaling $357 billion. Shell is involved in all aspects of oil production, which include exploration and distribution. It also dabbles in alternative energy, in the forms of both biofuel and wind. Shell is active in 90 different countries, and the company produces roughly 3.1 billion…

This article was written by Phin Upham Edward Jones is a commission-based investment firm with an intriguing twist. It takes a personal approach to investing and creates offices that are staffed by no more than one broker. This way, a client can carefully choose his broker and interact with only that person. Because of this unique model, Edward Jones is considered one of the largest brokerage firms (in terms of sheer numbers) in the United States. The company was founded by Edward T. Jones in 1922. He was the originator of the branch network, which was useful in a time when he was attempting to expand through rural stretches of…

This article was written by Phineas Upham Starbucks had humble beginnings as a coffee stand in 1971. It was based out of Seattle’s Pikes Place market, and it offered some of the finest roasted beans available in the area. It was a passion project, started by three students from the University of San Francisco. The three had learned how to roast beans from Alfred Peet, and were inspired to take that quality technique and bring it to the marketplace. The founders seemed to have always had an interest in naming the company after some part of Moby Dick. The first name, which was rejected by the co-founders, was Pequod. The…

This article was written by Phineas Upham 1934 was a volatile time in American economic history. Glass-Stiegel had just gone into effect, and the country was waiting to see whether its efforts to prop up the financial and public sectors would pay dividends. This was also the time when the federal government began to feel more oversight of the markets was necessary to maintain balance. This was, and still is, a hotly debated issue on Capitol Hill. In 1934, the resolution was to create the Security and Exchange Commission, or SEC for short. The SEC oversees the activities of financial personnel and mutual fund traders. Its stated goal is to…

This article was written by Phineas Upham Intel, founded in 1968, is an American manufacturer of semiconductors and microchips. Intel actually stands for Integrated Electronics, and the company specializes in creating embedded processors and motherboard chip sets. The company was founded by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, with an initial investment of $2.5 million in venture capital. Within two years, the company had completed its IPO, hitting the market with a share price of $23.50. Intel is now a household name, but it wasn’t always this way. It’s “Intel Inside” campaign all throughout the 90s helped to brand the chip maker as technology synonymous with computing. For many years, an…

This article was written by Ted Dhanik Finding an ad network is almost as difficult as finding an affiliate. To avoid paying high costs in testing, use these tips to find your ideal ad network. Tool Set You can learn a lot from your own analytics, but tools like URL parameters can help you identify when a campaign is working. Targeting settings can help you whittle your audience down to a number that is manageable, increasing your chances of conversion. The ability to separate and label display advertising campaigns is another useful feature for tracing conversions, and any network that lets you export data as a CSV file is an extremely…