Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second-quarter balance sheets of U.S. corporations, the President's Council of Economic Advisers reported last week that profits hit an estimated annual rate of $21.2 billion, or $800 million more than during 1955's first three months. Compared with the second quarter a year ago, the gain was more surprising; profits were up $4.4 billion over the spring of 1954, when business was in a slight slump. If earnings continue at the present annual rate, said CEA, they will be the second biggest on record, topped only by the $22.1 billion made during the 1950 Korean...
...earning $8,390,403 in the second quarter v. $7,007,326 a year ago. Glen Alden Corp., after suffering through years of a coal depression, earned $1,695,000 during the first half of 1955, compared to a loss of $169,000 last year, with part of the gain due to improved coal business and part due to its recent move into other lines...
...company and more than doubling its earnings of $1,401,298 during the period last year. The high level of consumer income and spending showed up in food-company earnings. Pepsi-Cola hit the brightest spot: six-month net shot up to $4,300,000, an 80% gain over last year...
LIFE INSURANCE SALES are setting new records in 1955, says the Institute of Life Insurance. First-half sales were 25% ahead of 1954 (six-month total: $23.4 billion) and insurance men predict the same high rate of gain for the rest of the year. Fastest climber: group insurance, up 85% during the first half...