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When Cordiner finished his explaining, the inevitable sniping began. Mrs. Wilma Soss, an inveterate needier at company meetings and president of the Federation of Women Shareholders in American Busi ness, waggled an arm at Cordiner and demanded that he resign. "You are an embarrassment to the company," she blared. "I am your employer...
Starts Friday the 17th: Peter ler's nihilistic and marvelously ny attack of British Big Busi and Big Labor, I'M ALL RIJACK. Accompanying it is a dish film about India, THE FL AND THE ARROW...
Basically, what worries most businessmen is that 1960 has not lived up to their expectations. Says Stanley Marcus, president of Dallas' Nieman-Marcus: "We all thought the golden '60s were to be a soar ing bird, not a land-based animal. Busi ness is still good, about the same as last year, which was good, but there is disap pointment because things are not as good as they were supposed to be." Disappointing Steel. The reasons for the disappointment in the economy's performance so far this year seem clear. The post-steel strike inventory buildup that...
Without Reservation. The airline busi ness, which now takes 19 people to provide for one passenger, is seeking economies too. Scandinavian Airlines predicted last week that before long an air traveler will be able to buy a simple ticket good any time on any airline without advance reservations. SAS Vice President Warren Kraemer also suggested that in time the airlines will serve hot food to all classes of passengers (it is often cheaper than elaborate cold cuts), and that distinctions between first and economy classes may disappear. Kraemer suggests that businessmen who usually travel first-class for status reasons should...
Like the auto and appliance busi nesses, the seed business is built on planned obsolescence. Burpee, who has developed hundreds of new varieties of flowers, often names outstanding new ones after celebrities. This calls for some careful catalogue descriptions. He likes to tell of the seedsman who named a flower after his mother, described it as "pure white, big and robust, with a wide, expanded form on stout stems...