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Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Join Library of Congress Business Section staff for our upcoming webinar on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 1pm. We'll discuss how to research international companies, including suggested resources and recommended search strategies.
Posted in: Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
The lyrics to the holiday hit song "Santa Baby" feature a wish list of expensive things, but platinum is the only item in the song that the United States government considers a critical material. Unwrap the history of this important metal at the Library of Congress.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
If you are interested in cryptocurrencies or fintech more broadly, we have recently updated our Fintech: Financial Technology Research Guide.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides, Money
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The ZIP code has been in use for a few decades now, but a 1946 telephone book for Washington, D. C. shows the system in use before the ZIP code was introduced.
Posted in: Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Cats have long had their little claws in advertising and that likely isn't going to change.
Posted in: Advertising, Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Produced from 1919 into the 1990s, the Women's Bureau publication "Bulletin" is filled with articles about women working in various industries. Of particular note, a series of issues from the 1940s illustrate women's many contributions to defense industries and the war effort in the Second World War.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Women's History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Join us virtually on October 30 at 1p.m. (ET) for a discussion with author Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate about her book, "White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation" and how she utilized various Library resources to provide a well-researched account of the racial dynamics that have shaped the fast-food industry.
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
You hear about mergers today, but Charles R. Flint was the master of combinations in his day.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is another dive into a publication; this time the American Monthly Review of Reviews
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor