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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marie Curie, 62, co-discoverer of radium made known that since her U. S. visit (TIME, Oct. 28) she had ridden horseback in Paris thrice weekly with her daughter, on her doctor's recommendation...
Inevitable is the cycle which eventually brings depression to even the most prosperous company. In the 19th Century the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. (dating back to 1839 when it was comprised only of swift sailing vessels bearing mail over the South American and West Indies routes) was rich and powerful. But by 1902 it was forced to omit its dividend...
Alarmists who view the Royal Dutch Shell's U. S. expansion as "invasion" last week had cause for excitement. By taking over operation of the Penn Oil Co.'s 65 service stations in the District of Columbia, Shell occupied the U. S. capital...
Steel-Cement. Building contractors who go shopping for steel usually also have to go shopping for cement. Last week United States Steel Corp. offered to exchange some $31,000,000 of its stock for Atlas Portland Cement Co. which produces 19,000,000 barrels a year. Other cement companies realized that from the combination will come potent competition, but also potent support of a higher cement tariff...
Long has there been theoretical speculation on what would be the liability of American Express Co. stockholders should their company fail, for unlike almost all U. S. corporations, American Express was never incorporated, being a voluntary association (joint-stock company) formed in 1850. Chances of American Express failing have, however, become increasingly slim. In March its domestic express business was transferred to an agency controlled by the railways. In July, Chase National Bank and Chase Securities Co. secured practically all American Express stock...