Word: buying
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...classmates who tried their tired muscles on softball were beaten by their college-age sons, but one loser consoled the team by saying that the old men did not have to buy drinks for the losers, because everything was gratis at the Essex...
...rush to buy sent manufacturers' sales in April smashing through their pre-recession peak, reported the Commerce Department last week. Sales reached $30.2 billion v. $29.1 billion in March, and new orders also set a record by climbing $800 million above March. For this reason-and other signs of heartiness in the economy-Commerce Department reported that the recovery is proceeding "at a better-than-seasonal pace and on a broadening scale." But it pointed out that the upward surge of the boom is still ahead: despite a 2% rise in industrial output above pre-recession highs, the rise...
...improve production. "All consumers benefit from improved tools of production, which profits must pay for, and competition is what provides the environment in which profits are created." Yet today, says Blough, wages and costs have spiraled so far out of line that enough profits cannot be accumulated to buy the needed new tools...
...simply by reporting-with no fact or explanation-that it would jump sensationally. Last week the stock lost half its 10% gain, and at least one other hard-touted stock. Columbus Electronic, dropped to less than half the price at which I.F.A.S. recently recommended it as a good buy...
Some European brokers grumble that the invasion of Yankee shareholders is pushing prices dangerously high. A few major Swiss manufacturers, notably Nestle and Aluminium Industrie A.G.. have attempted to stem the foreign tide by registering their shares so that the company can accept or reject bids to buy. But the broad majority of European capitalists heartily hold out hands in welcome to the U.S. investor. "The more investment the better," says a top Zurich financier. "We in the West are politically and economically in the same boat. The closer we are connected, the stronger we shall...