Word: du
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...closer election day drew, the busier the Department of Justice's antitrust division became. Last week, on the heels of its suit against the Big Four meat packers (TIME, Sept. 27), the trustbusters went after two oldtime targets, the Aluminum Co. of America and E. I. du Pont de Nemours...
...Du Pont case also had some odd aspects...
...Chicago, the trustbusters launched a federal grand jury investigation to determine if Du Pont had violated antitrust laws in its stock ownership or dealings with General Motors Corp., U.S. Rubber
...Remington Arms Co., Inc., Ethyl Corp., Kinetic Chemicals Inc., North American Aviation Inc. and Bendix Aviation Corp. More than a year ago the antitrusters had also prepared, but never filed, a suit against Du Pont to ask that it get rid of its 23% control of General Motors. The new investigation, which also seemed likely to last well past November, included two companies (North American and Bendix) in which G.M. had publicly sold its holdings earlier this year...
Last week the Du Pont Co. announced that it was making about 100 pounds of metallic titanium a day, and was offering it at $5 a pound for manufacturers to experiment with. The new metal turns out to be wonderful stuff, according to Du Pont. It looks like stainless steel and is about as strong and corrosion-resistant, but weighs only slightly more than half as much. It is several times stronger than aluminum, and less than twice as heavy...