The 10 Oldest Businesses In The World

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	The 10 Oldest Businesses In The World
BartendingBear
6-15-2008 2:51 PM
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1-1-2010 1:05 PM
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What a cool collection of businesses. It's truly amazing they can stay in business this long.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cc0aab86-23eb-4b88-aac1-74478cbb515d/3BC395B7-CC3A-47FA-858D-77A6A9A0A241/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html" href="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html" style="font-size: 11px;">bizaims.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">1. Kongo
Gumi – founded in 578<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/1113251C-F25C-4218-9870-8A4DAE3A447A" alt="old_company" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">Construction company based in <B>Osaka, Japan</B>.<SPAN>  </SPAN>The firm was
founded back in 578. It ended its activity in 2007</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">2. Hoshi
Ryokan – founded in 718.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/F3180D6F-1E37-42DF-A380-EEC9B8C7FCE7" alt="kongo_gumi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">The firm's business deals with <B>innkeeping</B>. The company was founded in <B>Komatsu</B>, Japan in 718.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">3. Chateau
de Goulaine – founded in 1000.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/7F8822B2-8EAC-4185-8A4E-86380309BFB9" alt="chateau_de_goulaine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">This place represents a vineyard, museum and a
butterfly collection</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">4. Fonderia
Pontificia Marinelli – founded in 1000.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/DF91F3EC-C0B8-4A5A-A741-C5252DFAB8D9" alt="fonderia_pontificia_marinelli" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">This bell foundry was set in <B>Agnore, Italy</B> in 1000.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">5. Barone
Ricasoli – founded in 1141.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/B6136464-FF76-4B95-95C4-9AE561C8E4E3" alt="barone_ricasoli" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">The firm produces <A href="http://bizaims.com/news/business-economy/Increase+in+taxes+on+alcohol.html" linkindex="38" set="yes">wine</A> and olive oil.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">6. Barovier
& Toso – founded in 1295<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/1D2460F1-E60D-4076-B100-D7053DE9386F" alt="barovier_toso" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">A glass making family business based in <B>Venezia</B>, Italy.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">7. Hotel
Pilgrim Haus – founded in 1304<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pilgrimhaus.de/" href="http://www.pilgrimhaus.de/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pilgrimhaus.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pilgrimhaus.de/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pilgrimhaus.de/img/EA5708CA-E069-4069-AB08-C6F51C0F9FFD" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html" href="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html" style="font-size: 11px;">bizaims.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">This family business </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">in <B>Soest, Germany</B>.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">8. Richard
de Bas – founded in 1326<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/B9FFEB89-408D-4FCF-90D7-396234DF8E26" alt="richard_de_bas" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">This family business makes paper. I</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">in <B>Amvert d'Auvergne</B>, France</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">9. Torrini
Firenze – founded in 1369<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/6840C3E2-7D3F-42E4-919B-C1319FE6CBD0" alt="torrini_firenze" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">a family of
goldsmiths</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">in <B>Florence</B>, Italy</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">10. Antinori
– founded in 1383<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bizaims.com/img/1B8257A0-5051-4A56-ACCB-63A5D3DE1AEC" alt="antinori" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bizaims.com/Articles/Business+-+Economy/The+100+Oldest+Companies+in+the+World.html">The Florence-based company works in the field of wine
production.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3BC395B7-CC3A-47FA-858D-77A6A9A0A241/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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