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		dotcoma on June 16, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The oldest, continuously running, independent busi... some corporations probably exerted country-like powers, too. Think, for example, the banana companies in Central America.

varjag on June 16, 2010 [–]

Look no further than U.S. based United Fruit Company:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company

The company responsible for much of the misery throughout Americas.

Today they go by as Chiquita.

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