Last Stands: Foresters and Ecologists Face Off Over the Future of Europe’s Oldest Forest

[Sample Record] “Last Stands: Foresters and Ecologists Face Off Over the Future of Europe’s Oldest Forest”, in Science, December 8, 2017. p. 1240-1243. Abstract: Bialowiela, Poland, is the gateway to the most primeval forest remaining in Europe. (Most of the oldest forest is across the border in Belarus.) State Forests, the Polish agency that manages […]

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Table: A Century of Techopoly

[Sample Record] Table: “A Century of Techopoly: Today’s Tech Companies Enjoy Market Shares Similar to Monopolies of Earlier Eras, 1896-2017”, in Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2018. p. A10. 1896: General Electric and Westinghouse: 75% of electric lamps; the firms cross-licensed their patents. 1904: Standard Oil: 87% of refined oil products. 1930s-1940s: E.I. Du Pont […]

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Table: Business Empire: Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal

[Sample Record] Note: This record illustrates use of the “Foreign Investment” descriptos, here FIFRANCE (“Foreign Investment in France”) and FIUS (“Foreign Investment in the United States”). Table: “Business Empire: Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Has Built A Vast Network of Holdings Across The World: Publicly Disclosed Stake In Major Companies”, in Wall Street Journal, December 23-24, […]

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