Within months, the United States Steel Corporation became the first billion-dollar corporation through the merger of 10 steel companies.

Mr. Duke announced during an interview on "Larry King Live" that he had letters from billion-dollar corporations that said they were looking forward to doing business with him.

The companies, ranging from billion-dollar corporations to local entrepreneurs hoping that lightning will strike, have been buying property, hiring architects, romancing tribal and government officials and investing in lobbyists and campaign contributions.

For the Darrows, organized religion is a corrupt, greedy sham involving powerful billion-dollar corporations.

Carnegie scribbled a figure - $492 million - Morgan agreed, and U.S. Steel was born, the first billion-dollar corporation.

February 25 - U.S. Steel is incorporated by industrialist J. P. Morgan as the first billion-dollar corporation.

The first billion-dollar corporation was United States Steel, formed by financier J. P. Morgan in 1901, who purchased and consolidated steel firms built by Andrew Carnegie and others.

At the end of World War II, United States Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation in history when it was formed in 1901, made twice as much steel as the entire Soviet Union.

It financed the formation of the United States Steel Corporation, which took over the business of Andrew Carnegie and others and was the world's first billion-dollar corporation.

Based in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey, this billion-dollar corporation, including subsidiaries, employs over 5,000 individuals.