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...theory-citizens will buy common stocks. For this blithe prediction they had four hard & fast reasons: 1) there is no shortage of common stocks, 2) stocks are cheap, 3) stocks are a traditional inflation hedge, yield three or four times as much as good bonds to boot, 4) corporation taxes are likely to be boosted less than taxes on individuals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Boom in Common Stocks? | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...small, smart, fast-growing outfit which is now one of the largest U.S. makers of armor plate. Last week Lukens announced it had quadrupled plate output in the year ended Oct. 10, turned out enough armor for a dozen warships (battleships, cruisers, carriers) and hundreds of army tanks to boot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Lukens Goes to Town | 12/21/1942 | See Source »

...source for bootleggers, OPA has just about dried up the stolen-coupon pool. OPA hopes that the new requirements for ODT approval of truck and taxi mileage will undercut the other big source - commercial operators who get more than they really need, "lose" ration books etc. Boot leg coupons are usually sold (for 3-5? a gallon) to gas stations which pass the gas on to unwitting joyriders as a "favor" (at a 100-200% markup over cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Black Markets | 12/21/1942 | See Source »

...training school; 2) he asked CAB for a route extension from Moncton to Newfoundland. Came Pearl Harbor, and Northeast had a head start on most other U.S. airlines. The Army promptly gave it air cargo routes across the Atlantic to Scotland, tossed in a fat pilot-training program to boot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: New England Progressive | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

...Known hitherto as a confirmed bachelor, studious Sir William last week surprised his friends by announcing his engagement to his Scottish sister-in-law, Mrs. Janet Mair, mother of four children and a grandmother to boot. Said she: "I am radiant." Said he:"My future wife is about my own age (63). She's a very charming person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Beveridge Proposes | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

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