Word: boosted
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...event for U.S. and European record companies. Costs are lower ($8 an hour for a violinist v. $42 in the U.S.), the big stars are on hand for Europe's summer festivals and therefore easier to get at, glamour names like La Scala Orchestra and Chorus help to boost sales back home. Philips, Columbia's European affiliate, has snapped up the San Carlo Opera House in Naples, HMV-Angel has moved into Milan's La Scala and London-Decca into Florence's Teatro Co-munale. One of the busiest of all this year is Rome...
ALUMINUM PRICES will probably jump 4% (to 26? a Ib. for pig aluminum) despite decreased demand. Industry blames spiraling costs, including an automatic 7% wage boost...
...only 120 seconds, but maintenance and operating costs keep going up. "A spare part that used to cost maybe 80^," explains one airline man, "runs about $5 now, and has to be specially made." Even if the feeders, which operate with an average load factor of 45%, could boost their loads to the big trunklines' average of 65%, the DC-3 would still lose money. The revenues would equal only 87.5^ a mile v. a cost of about $1 a mile...
...short-haul routes. Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp., building the F-27 under license, already has 69 firm orders or options from U.S. lines. Flying without subsidy, the F-27 is expected to break even on a load factor of 57%. Better routing, with Civil Aeronautics Board help, could then boost feeder traffic, although many lines will still need subsidies for years to come. Even so, few feeders can raise the cash to buy the Fokker. Of 35 firm F-27 orders, says Bonanza Air Lines' Executive Vice President G. Robert Henry, only nine have been completely financed. Fairchild...
MEAT PRICES, which accounted for 20% of cost-of-living index boost since December, will stay high for another year. Livestock herds are low, will not reach another cyclical peak until...