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Dates: during 1950-1959
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All told, Du Pont estimated that G.M.'s 744,000 stockholders and Du Font's 209,419 stockholders would lose, in taxes and stock values, about $5 billion. Said the court, applauding Du Font's presentation, and needling the Government: "The testimony [offered] by the defendants, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Victory for Investors | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

Prescriptions & Precedents. The judge's own prescription is much easier to swallow. Voting rights for some 43 million shares of G.M. stock held by the Du Pont company would pass to Du Pont shareholders on a pro rata basis (about 1⅓G.M. votes for each share of Du...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Victory for Investors | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

The Horn of Plenty. In the midst of Britain's increasing credit squeeze, Jasper's supply of money seemed endless. It turned out that recently most of the cash came from the State Building Society, a publicly owned savings-and-loan association supported by small depositors and designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: The Jasper Scandal | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

By last summer Jasper & Co.'s empire numbered 14 companies worth $42 million. It was ready for its biggest deal: the take-over of London's powerful real-estate firm, Lintang Investments, which owns the biggest block of apartments (1,200) in Britain. Jasper bought 51% of Lintang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: The Jasper Scandal | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

They, like the rest of a small but dedicated group of economists, believe that the gold standard is the only answer to the world's present monetary problems, such as inflation and a concentration of capital. They believe that a return to the rigid fiscal discipline of the gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOLD STANDARD: Should the U.S. Go Back to It? | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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