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Dates: during 1960-1969
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About 20 radical Law School students formed a picket line in front of the Law Placement Office yesterday while three recruiters from a prestigious New York law firm interviewed prospective trainees...
...protesting students charged that the law firm--Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCoy--oppresses the black people of South Africa by supporting their government. The firm represents the Chase Manhattan Bank...
...high official of the Commerce Department, observes that "foreigners today can either buy, lease or steal American research advances." Li censing of foreign manufacturers is rising. Last week, for example, B.F. Goodrich licensed Tokyo's Mitsubishi to use a vinyl-chloride chemical process, for which the Japanese firm will build a whole new plant...
After a survey of businessmen's plans, the investment-advisory firm of Lionel D. Edie & Co. predicted that capital investment in 1969 will grow more than 7%. Last month the McGraw-Hill Survey projected an 8% gain. In its December issue, FORTUNE suggested that capital spending may rise 5% next year, though the increase might just about match the rise in capital-goods prices. Last week the Government joined the chorus of optimism. In the latest of a series of generally reliable surveys, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission projected a growth...
Pillsbury Co., a firm of flour power, has a message of love. To millions of housewives, it preaches that the way to express affection for husband and chil dren is to bake them a cake. Its ads pro claim that "Nothin' Says Lovin' Like Something from the Oven, and Pillsbury Says It Best." This somewhat sac -charine slogan helps to boost sales. In the fiscal year ending last May, they rose to a record $526 million, and prof its increased 7.4% to $13 million. This year the Minneapolis-based company anticipates an earnings gain of 10%, which...