About BB&T

BB&T is one of the largest financial services holding companies in the U.S. with $219.3 billion in assets and market capitalization of $38.1 billion as of Dec. 31, 201...

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In 1973, newlyweds Dennis and Ann were having dinner at a restaurant when the conversation turned to their jobs. Dennis had been working for his father’s chain of Washington area beauty parlors, Louis Cr...

About

Harris Teeter, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), was co-founded in 1960 by North Carolina grocers W.T. Harris and Willis Teeter. Harris Teeter operates over 230 stores and seven fuel cent...

It All Began on Vine Street

Alfred Peet opens a coffee store in Berkeley. The original coffee revolution begins.

When Alfred Peet opened a small coffee store on the corner of...