Standard Oil is one of the most storied companies in American history. In many senses, it is a success story that is straight out of the American dream. John D. Rockefeller built what would eventually ...

It was the biggest corporate split-up in the history of trustbusting, topping even the historic dismemberment of the old $660 million Standard Oil Co. in 1911. Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., an $855 million ...

Mr. Herbert L. Pratt has been chosen to be the head of the Standard Oil Company of New York, to replace Mr. Henry C. Folger, who resigned shortly after the Board of Directors failed to secure the ...

[1] Pioneering in big business, 1882-1911, by R. W. Hidy and M. E. Hidy.--2. The resurgent years, 1911-1927, by G. S. Gibb and E. H. Knowlton.--[3] New horizons, 1927 ...

CHICAGO, July 22, 1908 (UP) - The $29,240,000 fine assessed against the Standard Oil Co. has been set aside. The case will be tried all over again. Supreme Court decision breaking up Standard Oil ...