Mr. Herbert L. Pratt has been chosen to be the head of the Standard Oil Company of New York, to replace Mr. Henry C. Folger, who resigned shortly after the Board of Directors failed to secure the ...

Standard Oil is one of the most storied companies in American history. In many senses, it is a success story that is straight out of the American dream. John D. Rockefeller built what would eventually ...

While large tech companies are currently feeling the heat from regulators and Congress, over a century ago, the trustbusters had their sights on Big Oil. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Big ...

The Standard Oil Company, the Allen County Democrat wrote, “are not of the class who allow a matter of a few thousand dollars to stand in the way of accomplishing a purpose.” Standard Oil’s purpose, ...

CHICAGO, July 22, 1908 (UP) - The $29,240,000 fine assessed against the Standard Oil Co. has been set aside. The case will be tried all over again. Supreme Court decision breaking up Standard Oil ...

It is a far cry from the original Standard Oil Co., which Miss Ida M. Tarbell described so vividly, to the present-day Standard Oil of New Jersey. The New Jersey company, in common with many another ...