Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...internationalized" (as may happen when the Algerian problem comes before the U.N. General Assembly in September), knowing that for years to come Algeria must live in some kind of economic and political relationship to France. Goëau-Brissonnière replied that the stumbling block was the rebel demand for complete independence. The FLN leaders thought it might be possible to find a mutually acceptable formula, such as "Algerian Nationality...
...Inflation. One of the sources of confusion about Europe's current crisis of prosperity is that it is not the old-fashioned kind of inflation. There are two kinds of inflation, says Oxford Economist Roy Harrod. "One kind is that due to excess of overall demand for goods and services over the power of the economy to supply them. This may be popularly worded by the expression 'too much money chasing too few goods.' We had that kind of inflation rather severely in 1954, 1955 and the first quarter of 1956. It is now over." Harrod calls...
ALUMINUM PRICES will probably jump 4% (to 26? a Ib. for pig aluminum) despite decreased demand. Industry blames spiraling costs, including an automatic 7% wage boost...
...usual, there were some minuses scattered among the plus signs. The slumping U.S. paper industry, beset by a drop in demand and steadily rising costs, reported uniformly lower earnings. International Paper Co. dipped from $21.4 million in 1956's second quarter to about $16.5 million in the same period this year; Brown Co. and Mead Corp. were down 5% and 10% respectively. Devoe & Raynolds Co., Air Reduction Corp. and Grace (W.R.) & Co. reported that first-half earnings were lower than last year's levels...
...Competition. The U.S. decision was another in a series of developments that over the past few years has whittled away Inco's monopoly to 65% of the free-world market, threatens the industry's dominant producer with even more competition in the future. The burgeoning demand for nickel encouraged new companies to enter the field. Inco was turned down flat this spring by the Quebec government when it asked permission to develop a rich new nickel find in Quebec's Ungava district, but about three dozen other companies have won concessions in the area, including wealthy...