Word: buyer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...functionaries who transmit the finished car to the buyer consist of distributors and factory branches selling wholesale and dealers selling retail. There are 45,000 U. S. dealers and distributors, 60,000 repair shops. Ford and Chevrolet each have 10,000 dealers; Chrysler, Plymouth, De Soto and Dodge together have 8,000 distributors & dealers; Buick 3,000. Ninety-seven percent of U. S. towns cannot be worked by a dealer with profit, and 3,627 towns produce 85% of total sales. Cities, ranked by size, are the richest territoric:, A dealer usually sells two used cars for every...
...market back up the ladder, $6.13 up to close at $58.63. Rails were full of vigor, but Chrysler was the most spectacular stock of all, jumping $9.50 to $69.75. Highlight of the 2,000,000-share trading was a 51-minute "reverse air-pocket" during which a would-be buyer of 5,000 shares of Chrysler could find no offering...
...Back in Moscow last week, U. S. Ambassador Joseph E. Davies explained that his tour of 14 European capitals was no personal junket but ordered by the State Department, since President Roosevelt wants to know how other countries feel about the U. S. S. R., now the biggest buyer of U. S. war goods (see above...
...Agent Ashwell happened into an I.I.U.R.A. lecture three years ago, was instantly captivated by the idea. He set up a bureau, helped promote Mankind United, now lectures six nights a week to goggle-eyed San Franciscans, including many a onetime Townsendite. As envisioned by Author Ashwell, if each buyer of Mankind United promptly sells four copies to other buyers, the organization will end its semi-final membership drive in 14 weeks...
...from Canton and other cities in the interior of China to Hong Kong broke the price of bar silver in London to a new 1937 low of 19¼d (43?) an oz., 1½? below the U. S. price. Result- the U. S. Treasury therefore became a heavy buyer until the price differential was erased. Arbitragers promptly took advantage of the same situation, and 3,175,000 ounces of their silver last week arrived in Manhattan. On a war scare virtually all principal foreign currencies developed weaknesses against the dollar, and the tide of gold movements...