Word: generally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...president of the nation's largest corporation, General Motors' Frederic G. Donner-Three Oaks High School, Three Oaks, Mich...
...Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Nathan Twining-Lincoln High School, Portland...
MISSILE-INCENTIVE contract at cost of $29,209,851 was won by General Electric Co. to build Thor IRBM nose cones. First Air Force incentive contract in missile field will mean bigger profits if G.E. effects production savings and exceptional product performance...
...shop. The change has already begun to cut heavily into profits. The plane industry, said one broker sadly, is the "only industry in a recession." In the first six months of this year, sales of the 15 largest aircraft companies slipped 5% and profits tumbled 45%. Among the giants, General Dynamics' earnings dropped from $20 million to $11 million, Boeing's from $20 million to $3,600,000. United Aircraft, one of the bluest chips in the industry, jolted investors by chopping its quarterly dividend from 75^ to 50?, as first-half earnings fell from $22 million...
...year to $350 million this year. Does an industry earning $350 million have cause for worry? "You buy stocks on the earnings outlook," said one Wall Streeter, "and almost all the aircraft earnings will continue to nose down." Compared with their 1959 highs, all aircraft stocks are well down. General Dynamics has dropped from 66½ to 48½, Martin from 62½ to 38¼, Douglas from 59¼ to 46, North American from 52⅝ to' 37¼, Grumman from 30¼ to 24⅜. In the past fortnight, nine aircraft stocks scraped new 1959 lows. Among...