Word: cheaper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Europe's basically mild industrial recession has piled 8,500,000 tons of cheaper, small industrial coal at British pitheads over the past 15 months. This coal is too fine for householders' grates, but the British National Coal Board thinks that it can now boost output of domestic coal high enough to meet the expected demand. The British also believe that the industrial coal recession is temporary, and that Europe's "energy gap" will, in the long run. assure plenty of furnaces for Britain's coal...
STUDEBAKER SMALL CAR will be company's hope for survival in U.S. auto race. It will roll out a small car, shorter and cheaper than its Scotsman, which has a wheelbase of 116½ inches and lists...
...closeout resulted in a migration to Dunster House. In Dunster House hamburgers were served, with French fried onions. The Central Kitchen does not serve French fried onions. Now it seems that French fried onions bought in bulk--if that is in what French fried onions are bought--will be cheaper for the larger bulk which the Central Kitchen will buy. Expense, therefore, is not prohibitive...
...accustomed miracles of Detroit engineering. He wants automatic transmission, power steering, smooth, American-type riding qualities, plenty of gadgets, loads of interior and luggage space and lots of horsepower. In effect, the desire is for everything the U.S. car already is, only 10 ft. shorter, and somehow a lot cheaper. In any case, a U.S. model would probably be a "compact" car, something like the Rambler, rather than a small car. Nor will it be cheap. Volkswagen learned that fact of life. It planned to manufacture in the U.S., but found that it cost at least $100 per car more...
...economy that has so far seen few breaks in prices, one commodity became cheaper last week: money. Following the drop in the Federal Reserve discount rate fortnight ago, major U.S. banks cut their prime rates-those for the biggest borrowers with the best credit-½% to 3½%, the second bankers' cut in the five months in which the Federal discount rate has dropped from 3½% to 1¾%. Other forms of short-term commercial paper, such as 30-to-90-day notes, also dropped ¼% to 1¼%. But for small borrowers and for consumers buying...