ABSTRACT
Children, The, 1161 Hasbro Advertises Toys on Television, 685 Sears Agrees to an FTC Order Banning
Bait-and-Switch Tactics, 1143 Station KDKA Introduces Commercial Radio
Broadcasting, 249 U.S. Advertising Industry Organizes
Self-Regulation, The, 1048 U.S. Government Bans Cigarette Ads on
Broadcast Media, The, 1008 Walter Dill Scott Publishes The Theory o f
Advertising, 54 WEAF Airs the First Paid Radio Commercial, 272 Wheeler-Lea Act Broadens FTC Control over
Advertising, The, 537
Association, 211 Armstrong Committee Examines the Insurance
Industry, The, 65 ASCAP Forms to Protect Writers and Publishers
of Music, 173 Brooklyn Dodgers Move to Los Angeles, The, 748 Charles Ponzi Cheats Thousands in an Investment
Scheme, 222 Congress Passes the RICO Act, 1012 Congress Updates Copyright Law in 1909, 112 Continental Airlines Declares Bankruptcy, 1305 Corrupt Practices Act Limits Political
Contributions, The, 327 Drexel and Michael Milken Are Charged with
Insider Trading, 1371 Electronic Technology Creates the Possibility of
Telecommuting, 1213 General Electric Opens an Industrial Research
Laboratory, 11 Insider Trading Scandals Mar the Emerging Junk
Bond Market, 1345 International Business Machines (IBM) Embraces
Reengineering, 1462 ITT Actions Cause Suspicion of Involvement in a
Chilean Coup, 1067
Ivy Lee Sets a Precedent for Public Relations, 84 Jim Bakker Is Sentenced for Fraud and
Conspiracy, 1401 Owens Valley Farmers Blow Up the Los Angeles
Aqueduct, 311 Recruit Scandal Surfaces in Japan,
The, 1375 Retailers Begin Using High Technology to
Control Shrinkage, 993 Robinson-Patman Act Restricts Price
Discrimination, The, 517 Ultramares Case Establishes Liability for
Auditors, The, 419 U.S. Courts Restrict Rights to Photocopy
Anthologies, 1427 U.S. Government Begins Using Cost-Plus
Contracts, The, 169 U.S. Government Institutes the Baldrige Award,
The, 1363 VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software Is Marketed, 1181 World Leaders Confer on the Environment and
Development, 1443 Yankees Acquire Babe Ruth, The, 233
CONSUMER AFFAIRS AT&T Is Ordered to Reduce Charges, 926 Banning of DDT Signals New Environmental
Awareness, The, 975 Bush Signs the Clean Air Act of 1990,1423 Congress Passes the Consumer Credit Protection
Act, 949 Congress Passes the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
1016 Congress Passes the Magnuson-Moss Warranty
Act, 1107 Congress Passes the Pure Food and Drug Act, 88 Congress Prohibits Discrimination in the Granting
of Credit, 1115 Congress Requires Premarket Clearance for
Products, 545 Congress Sets Standards for Chemical Additives
in Food, 763 Environmental Protection Agency Is Created, The,
Consumer Movement, 887 Nixon Signs the Consumer Product Safety Act,
1063 Offshore Oil Well Blows Out near Santa Barbara,
California, An, 961
Thalidomide Use Prompts Passage of the Kefauver-Harris Amendment, 824
Three Mile Island Accident Prompts Reforms in Nuclear Power, The, 1185
Toxic Gas Leaks from a Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, India, 1325
United States Bans Chilean Fruit After Cyanide Scare, The, 1390
United States Bans Cyclamates from Consumer Markets, The, 972
U.S. Government Reforms Child Product Safety Laws, The, 997
Wholesome Poultry Products Act Is Passed, The, 957
World Health Organization Condemns Use of Infant Formula, The, 1259
FINANCE Asian Development Bank Is Chartered, The, 891 Bank of United States Fails, The, 415 Banking Act of 1933 Reorganizes the American
Banking System, The, 454 Banking Act of 1935 Centralizes U.S. Monetary
Control, The, 497 Boston Celtics Sell Shares in the Team, The, 1357 Bush Responds to the Savings and Loan Crisis,
1393 Charles Ponzi Cheats Thousands in an Investment
Scheme, 222 Collapse of Barrings, The, 1454 Congress Creates the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 1095 Congress Deregulates Banks and Savings and
Loans, 1229 Congress Gives Tax Breaks to Financiers of Small
Businesses, 770 Congress Passes the Consumer Credit Protection
Act, 949 Congress Passes the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
1016 Congress Passes the Federal Credit Union Act, 478 Congress Prohibits Discrimination in the Granting
of Credit, 1115 Credit-Anstalt Bank of Austria Fails, The, 422 Drexel and Michael Milken Are Charged with
Insider Trading, 1371 Elimination of Secret Swiss Bank Accounts Ends
a Myth, 1431
Employees Buy Weirton Steel Works, 1298 Federal Regulators Authorize Adjustable-Rate
Mortgages, 1251 Federal Reserve Act Creates a U.S. Central Bank,
The, 165 Financial Panic Results from a Run on the
Knickerbocker Trust, A, 92 First Morris Plan Bank Opens, The, 124 FNMA Promotes Home Ownership, The, 541 Insider Trading Scandals Mar the Emerging Junk
Bond Market, 1345 Johnson Restricts Direct Foreign Investment, 937 Loan Guarantee Act Saves Chrysler, The, 1233 McFadden Act Regulates Branch Banking, The,
371 Merrill Lynch Concentrates on Small Investors,
561 Mexico Renegotiates Debt to U.S. Banks, 1387 Negotiable Certificate of Deposit Is Introduced,
The, 808 Nixon’s Anti-Inflation Program Shocks
Worldwide Markets, 1040 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Is Created,
The, 434 Securities Exchange Act Establishes the SEC,
The, 470 U.S. Government Bails Out Continental Illinois
Bank, The, 1309 U.S. Regional Branch Banking Is Approved, 1217 U.S. Stock Market Crashes on Black Tuesday,
The, 395 U.S. Stock Market Crashes on 1987’s “Black
Monday”, The, 1367 U.S. Tax Laws Allow Accelerated Depreciation,
716 Value-Added Taxes Bring a More Efficient Tax
System to Europe, 720 Wall Street Journal Prints the Dow Jones
Industrial Average, The, 1
FOUNDINGS AND DISSOLUTIONS American Automobile Association Forms, The, 31 ASCAP Forms to Protect Writers and Publishers
of Music, 173 Bell Labs Is Formed, 323 Berry Gordy, Jr., Founds Motown Records, 796 Braniff International Suspends Flight Operations,
1278 Defense Cutbacks Devastate the U.S. Aerospace
Industry, 1209 Federal Express Begins Operations, 1075 Forbes Magazine Is Founded, 215
George O. Squier Founds Muzak, 466 Hashimoto Forms the Roots of Nissan Motor
Company, 127 Henry Luce Founds Fortune Magazine, 403 Henry Luce Founds Time Magazine, 284 Howard Hughes Builds a Business Empire, 304 IBM Changes Its Name and Product Line, 307 International Harvester Company Is Founded, 35 James McKinsey Founds a Management
Consulting Firm, 331 Jobs and Wozniak Found Apple Computer, 1127 Kroc Agrees to Franchise McDonald’s, 713 Mail-Order Clubs Revolutionize Book Sales, 347 Murdoch Extends His Media Empire to the
United States, 1147 National Broadcasting Company Is Founded, The,
359 Number of U.S. Automakers Falls to Forty-Four,
The, 367 Oral Roberts Starts the Healing Waters Ministry,
641 Price Club Introduces the Warehouse Club
Concept, 1135 Reader’s Digest Is Founded, 268 Saturday Evening Post Publishes Its Final Issue,
The, 964 Studebaker Announces Plans to Abandon U.S.
