Company · mentioned 30 times
English and later British trading company, chartered in 1600, that dominated trade between Europe and Asia and governed large parts of India.
Planet Money· 6 Nov
Julie Rochman says the modern global economy could not have started without pooling risk, and that early corporations like the East India Company and Hudson's Bay Company ran expensive, risky colonial expeditions whose ships and cargo often went missing or sank.Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy· 16 Jun
Kareem Amin says the idea of a company started in the 1500s, perhaps with the East India Company.Relentless· 26 May
The Boston Tea Party was an action against tea shipped by the British East India Company, which had traded opium for tea.