Word: firming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...acquires culture, fashionable boredom, a suspicion that her husband is more stupid than she thought at first. He enjoys being sponged on by his friends, particularly approves of a languid professional punster named Harold Sigrift (Monroe Owsley). Abby badgers Roderick into going to work for his father's firm. When he retires, humiliated by his incompetence, she scandalizes his parents by leaving him and going to work herself, at her old job. Finally Roderick comes to her with a pay check he has earned. Abby decides that since she cannot love anyone else, she and Roderick might as well...
...would drive security traders to do their business in other markets. Pointing out further that except for July and August 1932, and for May, June and July 1933 brokers have had three incredibly lean years, he declared that the tax on brokers would put many a brokerage firm out of business. The broker-filled gallery came down with applause...
...William Freiday and other partners of the brokerage firm of J. Robinson-Duff & Co. applied to New Jersey for the incorporation of an exchange at Newark to be known as the National Stock Exchange. They announced the intention of offering seats to members of the New York Stock Exchange, reported that 15 brokerage houses were prepared to take memberships...
...have reduced the settlement which Pynchon creditors expect to run about 25? on the dollar, denying him the chance of saving any stake with which to recoup his fortune. Wall Street, feeling that Mr. Pynchon had failed with honor, was glad last week to hear an announcement: the brokerage firm of Mallory, Eisemann & Co. (Franklin I. Mallory, husband of Molla Bjurstedt and no kin of Mr. Pynchon; Alexander Eisemann, onetime head of Freed-Eisemann Radio Corp.) is henceforth to be Mallory, Pynchon & Eisemann...
...York brokerage firm of Munds, Winslow & Potter employed until recently a ruddy, sturdy, white-haired man, past 65, who was in his way unique among salaried customers' men. He was George Mallory Pynchon, until two years ago the self-made head of Pynchon & Co which was a member of 16 exchanges, had eleven branches, was the oldest and largest