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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Missing Millions. As nearly as worried U.S. exporters could piece together the increasingly vague official figures, the amount of imports moved closer to the amount of exports. But Colombia's reserves, ominously, did not reflect the improvement; instead they dropped to a thin-ice $91 million, while the backlog kept growing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: The Mess in . Bogota | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...board to vote a $33-per-share dividend, even though Nelson did not have that kind of money. Since Bellanca held all but 3% of the stock, its dividend totaled just about $3,600,000. Instead of paying the dividend, Albert told Nelson to credit Bellanca with the amount. The declared but unpaid dividend would in effect cancel out the $3,600,000 debt to Nelson. Thus Nelson was committed to pay $3,600,000 of its $4,850,000 purchase price, while Albert's Bellanca Corp. paid the remaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: How to Loot a Company | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

Later Albert sold Bellanca's holdings in Nelson to Automatic Washer Co. in exchange for 687,000 shares of Automatic, then worth about $5,600,000. Automatic also canceled an I.O.U. it held from Albert in the amount of $1,525,000. Therefore, Albert's investment in Nelson of $1,250,000 brought him a return of more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: How to Loot a Company | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...students would have received a raise even if the Union had not negociated larger salaries, but the exact amount could not be determined until the Union rates had been settled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pay Raise Granted Student Employees | 10/20/1956 | See Source »

...lecture sponsored by the Nieman Fellows, the former director-general of the BBC stated that Communist appearances are frequent enough "not to be news." If the party puts up the number of candidates required of every party, it is entitled to an equivalent amount of time. Communist speakers also participate in broadcast discussions if their presence is "relevant," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Haley Cites BBC Non-Partisanship In Island Politics | 10/19/1956 | See Source »

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