Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...somewhat similar inquiry in Manhattan a year ago revealed that not one businessman whose loan application was turned down had any reasonable claim to credit. Nevertheless, most bankers felt confident last week that, the Roosevelt Administration being what it is, they would once again be blamed for all the woes of credit stagnation...
...Last year, in the face of sparse luxury advertising, The New Yorker netted $263,000. It has made that much in the first six months of this year, carrying more pages of advertising than the Satevepost. This year's net should top $600,000. No longer a bored businessman playing angel to the arts, Raoul Fleischmann is now proud and happy to be the earnest hardworking publisher of a profitable property...
...businessman Harry Payne Whitney had invested more wisely than his uncle would have supposed. The stocks which were appraised at $47,462,000 at his death would have brought nearly $41,000,000 in last week's markets&151;a record of which any investment trust might well be proud. Chief reason for the small decline (14%) lay in the fact that the Roosevelt dollar had pushed the value of his holdings in Hudson Bay Mining. The current demand for gold shares and the higher price of gold had pushed his holdings in Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. from...
...time of his death was appraised by New York State for tax collection purposes at $62,808,000 net. That was considerably less than the estate left by his brother Payne Whitney who died in 1927. But then Uncle Oliver Payne had guessed that Payne was a better businessman than Harry Payne and had left him nearly $63,000,000. He was right. Payne Whitney's estate was $191,000,000, the biggest ever recorded in the U. S. But Brother Harry Payne Whitney had more to leave behind than money. He had his reputation as the greatest sporting...
...falls victim to a confidence man. and is jailed by mistake. Here his dismantling begins: all his teeth are pulled out by order of the kindly warden. Lemuel is surprised to meet his friend Shagpoke in prison. To Lem's commiseration the bankster replies: "I am an American businessman, and this place is just an incident in my career...