Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deal with an influential, Communist-dominated division of APRA's own union, extracting a no-strike pledge in return for settlement of the ceramics factory dispute. The rest of the union, loudly deploring Belaunde's alliance with Communists, went ahead with the general strike. But the government counter-maneuver left the union off bal ance. In Lima, where the strike would count most, business went on almost as usual-the union was able to pull out only about 20% of the factory workers. Laborers in the southern highlands mostly ignored the strike call. And only in APRA...
...soloists, who were often embarrassing, presented another set of problems. Counter tenor Donald Parsons was the worst detractor, and bass Donald Langmuir, though not prone to missing notes like Parsons, lacked power and richness. Greer McLane, the mezzo soprano, was the best of the trio, if rather uninspired...
...issues of 11,000 companies that are not listed on any exchange. Unlisted issues are often the sharply curving "glamour" stocks, but they also include some solid shares of major companies that do not wish to be bound by the exchanges' strict reporting rules. Over-the-counter trading has increased 700% since World War II, and accounted for roughly 38% of the $103 billion worth of stock sales in 1961. Some 1,100 stock wholesalers operate in the O-T-C market. When a broker places an order for a customer, the wholesaler either draws the unlisted stock from...
...highest priority" need for reform, said the SEC group, centers in the "over-the-counter" market in unlisted issues, where the investigators accused some brokers and order clerks of "indifference, incompetence and venality." Prices on this market are published by the privately owned National Quotation Bureau, Inc. in daily "pink sheets" that brokers and bankers see but small investors generally...
...Over-the-Counter Traders...