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...proposition is that President Lambert will receive a bonus rather than a salary. If Gillette earns less than $5 a share ($10,000,000) during any year, he will be paid nothing. If it earns $5, he will get 20,000 shares of stock. If the earnings exceed $6, he will be given another 20,000 shares. Should Mr. Lambert succeed in pushing Gillette's 1930 earnings of $3.62 up to $5, it is reasonable to expect that the stock will rise from its present level of $34 to $50, which would make his bonus worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sporting Proposition | 5/25/1931 | See Source »

Since 1885 the C. P. R. has expanded by land and sea. Its assets exceed $1,371,000,000. Yet they are understated if anything. Its main Montreal-Vancouver line runs 2,893.6 miles, but the 2,044 C. P. R. locomotives pull freight and passengers over 22,438 miles of track, including the 4,379 miles of the controlled Minneapolis. St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Ry. ("Soo" Line). Much of its equipment is made in its 200 acre Angus Shops at Montreal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: C. P. R. | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

...family stoutly denied a persistent report that $100,000 ransom had been paid. Xo other motive for the kidnapping was offered; no explanation of why the Post-Dispatch and Reporter Rogers were selected to reap the glory (Rogers was given a bonus of one year's salary?said to exceed $6,000?for his scoop). Opposition papers boldly hinted that the Post-Dispatch was withholding

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Missouri Newshawks (Cont'd) | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

...keep going in its present insolvent condition the Fund has been permitted to borrow from the Exchequer. Its borrowings are expected to exceed £100,000,000 before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Blue Paper Budget | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

...gradually pay off the loan, but even Laborite optimists think that at least a quarter-century of "normal times" will be required to do it. No repayment of sums paid out by the Exchequer as "transitional benefits" is even contemplated. This direct, irrecoverable loss to the British taxpayer will exceed £50,000,000 before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Blue Paper Budget | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

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