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CIGARETTE sales have been hit harder than tobaccomen like to admit. In 1953 consumption dropped 2%, the first dip in 21 years...
...week a year ago. A poll of 250 big retailers showed that most expected to sell more goods in the first half of 1954 than they did in 1953. The stock market also took an optimistic view. The Dow-Jones industrials jumped 3.29 points to 284.19 before a late dip knocked two points from the gain...
...Cowles told Look's staff that Tasker would "be the top editorial executive of the company." Tasker believes that the editorial department should be completely independent and not a satellite of the circulation department. But "Shap" Shapiro, a popular and determined "results player," could point to a slight dip in Look's newsstand sales to support his contrary view...
...slight downtrend in business was reported last week. Industrial output in November, said the Federal Reserve Board, was down a notch to 228% of the 1935-39 average.(v. 231% the month before), largely because of a dip in auto output as assembly lines switched to new models. While manufacturers' sales were up slightly in October (to $26.6 billion), their new orders were down $2 billion from a year ago, as customers realized that it was no longer necessary to place orders far in advance. Consumer credit also slowed its rate of rise, from 27 million in October...
...dream of a West Indian dominion. A day later, Elizabeth noncommittally advised the island's legislators to "build on the principles of parliamentary government." The royal couple had driven 120 miles, in blistering heat, across the island to Kingston, pausing along the way for a quick dip in the Caribbean. Visibly wilted, the Queen could muster few smiles during a late reception at King's House, mansion of the island governor, Sir Hugh Foot, next day made by Elizabeth a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. After three days, embarking for the Panama Canal Zone...