Word: interested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Clarence Francis made no bones about General Foods' high profits. It had earned $70 million since the war. But General Foods had reinvested half its profits in modernization and new plants. Earnings, said Francis, were the best kind of venture capital, because there was no worry about interest payments. Without this "costless capital," Francis indicated, General Foods might not have been able to expand...
...Truman. The merger is likely to be fought, not only by T.W.A., but by the American Export (steamship) Lines, Inc. American Export started American Overseas in 1937 to buck Pan Am, which was cutting into the line's Mediterranean tourist traffic. As American Export still has a 20% interest in American Overseas, it can wage a strong fight against the merger. American Export's Vice President John Slater has already resigned as chairman of American Overseas to clear his decks for action...
...committee claiming to represent 500 of them: "Preston Tucker is so embroiled in litigation that his services to the [Tucker Corp.] are of doubtful value . . . Under present management there will never be a Tucker automobile in mass production." The dealers wanted to buy out Tucker's controlling interest in the auto company and put in a boss with "a background of successful... experience." Preston Tucker said that he would step down "if it would insure adequate financing to produce automobiles...
Since the HTW's version is only the fourth production of the Shakespearean comedy in this country it has aroused interest in many other student organizations and dramatic groups. Wellesley, Harvard, and may high school classes have already attended the play at special performances...
...President decides to steer this bill to Congress in January, it will be much more bitterly fought by the Real Estate interests than its predecessor. It would aid a higher income group which speculative builders call their own, though they have overlooked it so far. On the other hand, the 300,000 additional units would not cost taxpayers anything, for they would be financed by low interest government loans rather than subsidies. And this proposal is more in keeping with Democratic campaign promises than the conservative HHFA suggestions...