Michael Nuwer wrote:
I'm not sure why you think this is an embarrassment. Carnegie Steel had three
basic steel-making plants before 1905, and Carnegie picked the people who ran
those mills. Managers like Charles Schwab and William Jones were technical
people
and they did pay careful
Charles Schwab? is there any connection with the discount broker?
Yes.
I don't think so.
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 02:32:34PM -0800, Leigh Meyers wrote:
Charles Schwab? is there any connection with the discount broker?
Yes.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Read it somewhere lost to memory...
On Dec 29, 2007 2:38 PM, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think so.
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 02:32:34PM -0800, Leigh Meyers wrote:
Charles Schwab? is there any connection with the discount broker?
Yes.
--
Michael Perelman
He was not related to Charles R. Schwab, founder of the Charles Schwab
Corporation. However, according to John Rothchild's The Bear Book -
Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets, this Charles Schwab is the
grandfather of Charles R. Schwab the discount broker.
Me:
Charles Schwab? is there any connection with the discount broker?
Leigh Meyers wrote:
Yes.
Michael Perelman wrote:
I don't think so.
from Wikipedia:
Charles Michael Schwab (February 18, 1862 in Williamsburg,
Pennsylvania - October 18, 1939 in London, England) was an American
The quote I clipped was worded rather strangely...
I believe he's indicating that Charles Schwab of Charles Schwab
Corporation is the discount broker's grandfather... Not the Charles
Schwab of Carnegie.
So my off the cuff yes was incorrect.
Leigh
On Dec 29, 2007 4:49 PM, Jim Devine [EMAIL
