The Supreme Court, in upholding the U.S. Constitution’s strong protections for the rights of private property and ownership of land...

Since the late nineteenth century, the precedents established by the Supreme Court have had a profound impact on the complex field of labor law...

Contract law lies at the heart of business and financial dealings among private entities.

The Supreme Court may be called on to determine the scope of federal authority to regulate interstate commerce...

American ambivalence toward banks and central bankers has never been shared by the U.S. Supreme Court, whose decisions in banking law have supported both a national bank and a national banking system...

Supply-side economics, embraced by U.S. president Ronald Reagan during the 1980’s in an attempt to boost the U.S. economy after the stagflation of the 1970’s...

Supersonic jetliners seemed to represent a major advance in commercial air travel, but their costs—financial and environmental—proved to outweigh their benefits, and they never replaced slower airplanes, even for transatlantic flights.

The American sugar industry makes a product that nearly every American consumes—about 150 pounds annually on average.

Stock markets facilitate buying and selling corporate stocks, provide continuous stock price quotations, and make available a way for the market to control corporations.

Every sector of the American business community was affected by the stock market crash of 1929, which eliminated more than half of the value of all American assets in thirty months.

Martha Stewart successfully transformed her interests in cooking, home decorating, gardening, and entertaining into a multimillion dollar business.

The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. president’s seizure of the steel mills was unconstitutional, thus giving support to the most basic premises of a free-market economy devoid of government intrusion.

Steel is fundamentally necessary for modern lifestyles, particularly in transportation and the construction of large buildings and infrastructure.

Steamboats allowed large numbers of people and large quantities of goods to be transported by water regardless of wind conditions.

Stanford was a California governor, U.S. senator, and successful businessman.

The Standard Oil Company dominated the emerging oil industry in the United States between 1870 and 1911.

The Stamp Act was effectively resisted and had little direct effect on American business.

The North American colonies’ first regularly scheduled stagecoach line helped New Jersey residents market their products, provided a vital link on the route between New York City and Philadelphia...

Once a secondary financial investment by wealthy fans, ownership of professional sports teams has been transformed into a major business.

Intercollegiate sports competitions generate considerable revenue in the United States, particularly through television revenue for basketball and football, as well as through the licensing of clothing and other promotional items.

Dubbed the “Splendid Little War” because of its brevity and excellent results for American interests, the Spanish-AmericanWar is often viewed as one of the key events in the American rise to international power.

The space race was a boon to the many U.S. aerospace companies that built the necessary hardware.

The Social Security system imposes a heavy wage tax on most American workers, provides cash benefits and medical-expense reimbursements for most Americans at least sixty-two years of age...