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2. John D. Hertz - Wikipedia

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   When Chicago Morning Herald, then called the Chicago Record, merged with another paper, Hertz lost his job. Although he couldn't drive, in 1904 he found a job selling cars at the suggestion of a friend. Because of the number of trade-ins, he conceived a cab company with low prices so that the common man could afford them.

3. John Hancock Center - Wikipedia

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   The John Hancock Center is a 100- story, 1,128-foot [7] supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018. The skyscraper was designed by Peruvian-American chief designer Bruce Graham and Bangladeshi-American structural engineer ...

4. Yellow Cab Company - Wikipedia

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   The Yellow Cab Company was a taxicab company in Chicago which was co-founded as the Walden W. Shaw Livery Company in 1907 by Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz. [1] [2] The Yellow Cab Company's rapid growth in the late 1910s and 1920s innovated a new kind of taxi company, one which covered the entire city limits, promising a cab to any address in ...

5. Checker Motors Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Checker Motors Corporation was a Kalamazoo, Michigan, vehicle manufacturer and tier-one subcontractor that manufactured taxicabs used by Checker Taxi. Morris Markin established the company in 1922, initially named the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company , in Chicago through a merger of Commonwealth Motors and Markin Automobile Body.

6. Western Auto - Wikipedia

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   Western Auto Supply Company —known more widely as Western Auto —was a specialty retail chain of stores that supplied automobile parts and accessories operating approximately 1,200 stores across the United States. Started in 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri, by George Pepperdine and Don Abnor Davis, Pepperdine would later found Pepperdine ...

7. Forsalebyowner.com - Wikipedia

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   Forsalebyowner.com is the United States largest "by owner" real estate website. It provides a real estate advertising and information service that charges a flat fee to property owners who advertise their property on the company’s Website. It created a business model that competed directly with traditional real estate firms, connecting buyers ...