By the 1760’s, the East India Company had grown from a tiny band of merchants with a small foothold in India - into a colossal trading empire, pouring wealth into the pockets of its share ...

The East India Company may have since been overshadowed by modern capitalism, but its legacy is still felt around the world. 4th of July Sale - 25% OFF! Magazine for all ages starting at $25/year ...

The mighty Dutch East India Company that brought porcelain, spices and exotica to Europe was the first business entity to link the East and West; indeed, it was the first multinational corporation.

The East India Company was founded on New Year's Eve in 1600, when a royal charter granted a group of London merchants a sprawling monopoly on all English trade east of the Cape of Good Hope and ...

On June 1, 1874, the East India Company was dissolved. East India Arms, a bar named after the company. Lloyds of London, built on the site of the company's old headquarters, is in the background.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sanjiv Mehta, the new owner and CEO of The East India Company. He opened a London shop to sell fine foods on Sunday, the anniversary of India's independence from England.

In 1611, the East India Company formed a settlement at Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh), the chief port of the state of Golkonda, an ind ...

The East India Company was started by merchants close merchant A person involved in buying and selling items, usually between different countries. In the British Empire, ...

Unlike the Levant Company, which had a fixed board of 53 tightly knit subscribers, the East India Company was from the very first conceived as a joint stock corporation, open to all investors.