The South Improvement Company was a short-lived Pennsylvania corporation founded in late 1871 which existed until the state of Pennsylvania suspended...

oil business. The company was perceived to own and control all aspects of the trade. In 1872, Rockefeller joined the South Improvement Co. which would have...

of the South Improvement Company which had been published in 1873. Standard Oil and Rockefeller had its roots in the South Improvement Company's illegal...

Pratt and Company. In the early 1870s, Pratt and Rogers became involved in conflicts with John D. Rockefeller's infamous South Improvement Company, which...

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (/loʊz/ LOHZ) is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the...

Masters Home Improvement was an Australian home improvement chain operated by two retailers; Woolworths Limited and Lowe's Home Improvement. It was established...

attempt to create a cartel to control freight rates, formed the South Improvement Company offering special deals to bulk customers like Standard Oil, outside...

attempt to create a cartel to control freight rates, formed the South Improvement Company in collusion with Standard and other oil men outside the main...

Transportation Company at this time was controlled by Jay Gould. This stock was worth $62,222. Their failed South Improvement Company scheme in 1871 in...

Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers was founded as Arrow Lumber Company by Joseph Rashkow in 1947 on the south side of Chicago. His son, Ronald Rashkow...