They ran a mecrchants and warehouse business. They traded in anything that made money. Then they had properties they would rent and offered a money loan business as well.
Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol" is Jacob Marley. He appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his fate if he does not change his ways.
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Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He was the very first ghostly visitor to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to tell Scrooge that he would be visited by three other spirits that night. The opening sentences of the book are "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."
Scrooge's dead business partner was Jacob Marley. He was the 1st ghost to visit Scrooge.
Jacob Marley
The Business was sometimes called Scrooge & Scrooge or Scrooge,Scrooge & Marley but it was really called Scrooge & Marley. So Marley was his business partner.
The sign above the counting house in "A Christmas Carol" reads "Scrooge and Marley." It signifies the business partnership between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley, two greedy and miserly characters in the novella.
Marley, Scrooge's dead business partner.
The ghost of Scrooge's former business partner, Jacob Marley, visits Scrooge in Stave 1 of "A Christmas Carol." Marley warns Scrooge about the consequences of his selfish and greedy ways.
Yes, Marley is Scrooge's dead business partner.
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