Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cotton. The OPA authorized a 10% increase in the manufacturer's price of virtually all combed cotton fabrics. Reason : the Bankhead Amendment, which recently raised the parity price of cotton. Eventually, the boost will be passed on to consumers...
Santa Gets a Raise. Toys will cost more from now on. The OPA granted toy manufacturers a 15% boost in prices, which will be tacked on retail prices...
Much for Little. On top of this the market was "thin," i.e., it needed a comparatively small number of buyers to send a stock up. This was partly due to the Federal Reserve Board boost in margin requirements in July. By putting stock trading close to a cash basis, it cut down the number of day-to-day traders, thus reduced the stock in circulation. Example : in one day, the purchase of 800 of Du Pont's outstanding 11,000,000 shares sent the stock...
When a businessman demands that labor get more pay for less work, that's news. Last week, a big businessman made such news by telling Congress: the U.S. should boost the legal minimum wage from 40?-an-hour to a minimum...
...outmaneuvered the automakers by drawing consumers into the wage fight. Automakers have little time left to prove their case to everyone's satisfaction. Like Ford, they cannot wait too long, now that production has started. Like Ford, they may all have to sell at 1942prices-and collect any boost later. That might not prove popular with customers...