Word: dividend
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ironies of presidential politics. "I lost the vice presidency by 16 million votes. I wasn't invited anyplace for six years," he noted. "In 1972, Sarge Shriver lost the vice presidency by nearly 20 million votes-and [now] he's running for President." Still, there was one dividend from the oblivion that followed the 1964 campaign. "I got a TV commercial," said Miller, referring to his "nobody-knows-me" credit card ad. "But as a result of the commercial, I am now known by everyone-and so American Express canceled my contract...
...third quarter reported earnings a stunning 56% below those for the 1974 period, and New York's Marine Midland, after clearing its books of $25 million in bad debts, expects to report an actual overall loss for the fourth quarter. Marine Midland will also reduce its dividend from 450 a share...
...corporations nearing default, he owes aid to the city. Lockheed is a classic example of federal subsidies keeping a corporation afloat, although Ford now likes to think of that bail-out as "I don't know, it might have been a mistake." When Con Ed skipped its regular stock dividend in 1974, banks' loans to electric utilities, as a result of Federal Reserve Bank officials' pressure, jumped from $5.9 billion to $8.4 billion. The Fed will most certainly use similar backdoor techniques to ensure that New York's banks don't go under after default, but it could also extend...
...facility where heady and expert investigators can experiment on human beings with impunity, but he emphasizes the ethical obligation to serve the patient first, above any commitment to research. But Frei adds, "For patients with disseminated cancer where there is no cure, therapeutic treatment is treatment.... The important dividend to appreciate is that even if that drug does not work, in a patient, the door of hope has been held open...
...reverse the tide of inflation (running at an annual rate of 28%) and to calm the jitters of foreign creditors who had caused the pound sterling to hit an all-time low, Wilson formally spelled out the details of Healey's proposed new program of wage, price and dividend controls (TIME, July...