Word: bullishness
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Right from the start the mood was bullish. First up were European blue chips: a Kandinsky watercolor went for $7,200, a Salvador Dali watercolor reached an extraordinary $11,500, and a fine 1921 Mondrian peaked at $42,000. Then Russian-born Nicolas de Staël, who jumped out his studio window in 1955, sent bids skyrocketing when his semi-abstraction, Fleurs, soared to $68,000 to set a new record. In all, four works by De Staël brought...
While the auto settlement gave a big push to the market, it was not responsible for its basic momentum: the market had been moving up on bullish business news for five straight sessions before the Detroit settlement. The auto agreement opened the way to further increases by raising the prospect of mild inflation and by removing what seemed to many the last immediate obstacle to continued prosperity...
Whether this clever deal will come off depends on the answers to three questions: Will stockholders bite? Will Milligan fight? If he does, how successful will he be? Waiting for the outcome, the bidders are bullish. "You know what they say about the oil business," grinned Joseph Oliver, a Consolidation vice president. "When it's good, it's great; and when it's lousy, it's still pretty darned good...
...primary, announced that Rocky led Goldwater by 57% to 43% in California. Then Harris began having anguished second thoughts. Twenty-four hours before last week's primary, he said that Rocky might get 55% or more. But on the morning of the election, he was less bullish about Rocky, declared, "Goldwater has seized the momentum in the last 24 hours. Dramatic changes now are taking place in California...
...into bed with him, the galoshes he depends on in England's soggy climate, the hose he waters his roses with, and the cricket bat he wields. Most of all, Dunlop makes his tires: half of all British vehicles roll on Dunlops. With car sales strong, business is bullish. This week the company will report that profits jumped 14% last year to $77.5 million on sales of $792 million...