Derrick Krom

Derrick is a recent graduate of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia where he received a B.A. in English and Communication Studies. Throughout his life, Derrick has traveled the country and even got to study abroad in London, England for four amazing months. He's a guitar player, avid music fan and lover of literature, film, and all things entertainment.

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The Highest Grossing Tim Robbins Movies of All-Time

Timothy Francis “Tim” Robbins is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, and musician who has starred in over 50 feature films. Robbins has been acting professionally since 1979 and is known most famously for his roles as Jacob Singer in Jacob’s Ladder, Nuke in Bull Durham, and Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption (all of which fail to […] More
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The Biggest Stock Holdings of Berkshire Hathaway

Originally founded as a textile manufacturing company in 1839, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is now the fifth largest public company in the world with a market cap of $327.8 billion. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, the American multinational conglomerate company currently owns over 80 well-known and highly successful businesses both wholly and partially. Known most famously for […] More
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Five Things You Didn’t Know about Lenovo

Founded in Beijing, China in 1984, Lenovo Group Ltd. is a multinational computer technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells personal computers, ThinkPad tablets, ThinkCentre desktops, smartphones, workstations, servers, IT software, smart TVs, and various other electronics products and devices. Originally known as Legend, Lenovo was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988, acquired IBM’s […] More
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The Most Expensive Products by Mossberg

Founded in 1919 by Oscar Frederick Mossberg, a native of Sweden, and his two sons Iver and Harold, O.F. Mossberg & Sons–more commonly known as Mossberg–has become one of the leading firearms manufacturers in the United States. Currently specializing in shotguns, rifles, scopes and other various firearms accessories, Mossberg began by producing a four barreled […] More
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NCAA Schools Who Make the Most off of Merchandise

When it comes to the business of college sports, there’s a lot of money to be made. Not only do college athletics make millions off of ticket sales every year, but even millions more are made off of merchandise sales. From t-shirts to welcome mats and everything in between, it’s easy to find just about […] More
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Five Things you Didn’t Know about RadioShack

Originally founded in 1921 by two London-born Bostonian brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann, with an interest in selling used ham radio equipment, RadioShack Corporation now has thousands of electronics retail stores spread throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Africa and even opened two new concept stores in China and Malaysia this past April. […] More
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The Biggest Furniture Stores in the United States

There’s really nothing more essential to decorating a new house or apartment than furniture. Furniture not only provides a place to sit, eat, and relax, but it also helps turn a house into a home, helping to give it its own personality, color, feeling and overall feng shui. From couches to beds to dinner tables, […] More
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The Highest Grossing Tom Hanks Movies of All Time

The highest grossing actor of all-time, Tom Hanks, is unarguably one of the best and most reliably profitable actors of the past half century. Born in 1956 in Concord, California, the American actor, producer, writer, comedian and director has starred in close to 50 major motion pictures and has been nominated for five Academy Awards, […] More
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Five Things You Didn’t Know about Lululemon

Lululemon Athletica Inc. is one of the world’s top athletic apparel companies with over 200 worldwide locations throughout Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand and a market cap of over $5.8 billion. Founded by Dennis “Chip” Wilson in 1998, the Canadian yoga-inspired athletic apparel company has been on an astronomical rise over the course […] More
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The Five Biggest Railroad Companies in North America

Railroads are one of the oldest known modes of transportation in the world. Dating as far back as the 6th century B.C., rail transport rose to prominence with the introduction of the steam engine as a key source of power in the 18th and 19th centuries. During the Industrial Revolution, railways were laid throughout the […] More
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The Largest Electronics Retailers in the United States

Electronics retailers are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Many physical retail stores are struggling to stay afloat, while companies such as Circuit City and Tweeter have gone completely out of business. Best Buy–the only major electronics retail chain left standing–has even had to close a large number of its stores throughout the country. […] More
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The Five Largest Mobile Carriers in the United States

Since the first four and a half-pound mobile handset was introduced by John F. Mitchell and Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, the product and the industry has grown astronomically. From the early 1990s to 2013, the number of worldwide mobile phone subscribers grew from 12.4 million to over 7 billion people. Whether you […] More

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