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Declining along with notes and mortgages although at a much more gradual pace was real estate. Desiring to hedge against inflation, Treasurer Edward W. Hooper brought the investment fraction tied up in real estate to a high of two-fifths in 1881--the year he acquired the land now occupied by the downtown Jordan Marsh...
...after Hooper's 22-year reign, real estate was rarely acquired; and today it makes up but one percent of the portfolio. One of the disadvantages of this type of holding is the difficulty of disposal. For over 50 years, the school has owned Bumpkin Island in Boston Harbor, and the best Cabot has been able to do is to lease it for 999 years for a total...
Audience Apathy. At least during the early stages of procedure wrangles in the caucus room, the size and enthusiasm of the TV audience were well below expectations. Hooper ratings showed that only about 11% of New York City homes with TV sets were tuned to the first two days of hearings-one-third the interest of the 1951 crime show. Trendex and other pollsters found the same audience apathy in other cities. In California, where the afternoon sessions arrive at lunchtime, restaurants reported a marked but not serious customer shortage. In Toronto, interest was greater than in most U.S. cities...
Declining along with notes and mortgages although at a much more gradual pace was real estate. Desiring to hedge against inflation, Treasurer Edward W. Hooper brought the investment fraction tier up in real estate to a high of two-fifths in 1881--the year he acquired the land now occupied by the downtown Jordan Marsh...
...after Hooper's 22-year reign, real estate was rarely acquired, and today it makes up but one percent of the portfolio. One of the disadvantages of this type of holding is the difficulty of disposal. For over 50 years, the school has owned Bumpkin Island in Boston Harbor, and the best Cabot has been able to do is to lease it for 999 years for a total...