the great depression

Depression-era house where FBI took on gangsters in longest shoot-out is now a museum

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Depression-era house where FBI took on gangsters in longest shoot-out is now a museum

Retired United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Doug Jones stood before a small crowd in front of the Bradford-Ma Barker House in Ocklawaha, in the US state of Florida, and spoke softly beneath a gloomy sky. Around the same time 90 years ago, in 1935 – when the house sat on the other … Read more

Mercedes’ top supplier survived Napoleon, the Great Depression & two world wars. But not the current auto slump

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Mercedes’ top supplier survived Napoleon, the Great Depression & two world wars. But not the current auto slump

Germany’s Gerhardi Kunststofftechnik GmbH weathered Napoleon’s invasion, the Great Depression and two world wars. But Europe’s current auto slump has brought the plastics manufacturer to its knees. Founded in 1796, Gerhardi started out making metal products before riding Germany’s postwar automotive boom. Its mastery of injection molding and hot stamping made it a trusted supplier … Read more