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Hard-driving President Malcom McLean, 40, who built his company up from a secondhand dump truck, has already bought the S.C. Loveland shipping company for its franchise rights to operate coastal routes, is negotiating a $24 million contract with Bethlehem Steel for four 6,000-ton trailer transports. With the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRUCKING: By Land & by Sea | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

The whites' solution is to rewrite Rhodes's dictum to read "Equal rights for all responsible men," and themselves judge who is responsible. Last week, sipping orange juice at Government House, Colonial Secretary Lyttelton came close to endorsing their view. "It is quite clear," he said, "that any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Danger of Swamping | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

From supermarkets, other businessmen, notably appliance makers, have learned an important lesson: fewer, but bigger dealers provide a larger market for their products than a long string of small dealers. Many have already begun to prune their franchise holders; some are even inclined to close their eyes to cut-rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISTRIBUTION: How Can Its Costs Be Cut? | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

Dottie's biggest surprise, however, was the number of people who wanted to buy franchises, distributorships, or simply invest in her business. There was a call from Miami offering to invest $50,000. After reading the TIME story, three prominent brokerage firms in Minneapolis bid for a franchise or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 30, 1953 | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

HOWARD Johnson, the roadside restaurant man, is going into the motel business. He has formed a new company to build and franchise motels, plans to include restaurants in some of the units. The first three will be set up in Florida.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Nov. 2, 1953 | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

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