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0674980808 rar The poignant rise and fall of an idealistic immigrant who, as CEO of a major conglomerate, tried to change the way America did business before he himself was swallowed up by corporate corruption. At 8 a.m. on February 3, 1975, Eli Black leapt to his death from the 44th floor of Manhattans Pan Am building. The immigrant-turned-CEO of United Brandsformerly United Fruit, now ChiquitaBlack seemed an embodiment of the American dream. United Brands was transformed under his leadershipfrom the octopus, a nickname that captured the corrupt power the company had held over Latin American governments, to the most socially conscious company in the hemisphere, according to a well-placed commentator. How did it all go wrong? Read more