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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact, Britain will get a lavish return for its lost oil investment. The real compensation to Anglo-Iranian will be borne by the other seven oil firms joining the consortium. For the privilege of a share in exploitation of Iranian oil, the seven (including America's Jersey Standard, Gulf, Texas, Socony Vacuum and Standard of California) will pay Anglo-Iranian about $600 million. In addition to this compensation, Anglo-Iranian, with a 40% interest in the new consortium, will still be the dominant oil operator in Iran. So Anglo-Iranian has cause to be reasonably content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Oil Again | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

SENATOR H. ALEXANDER SMITH, 74, a New Jersey Republican lawyer who studied under Woodrow Wilson at Princeton, worked for Herbert Hoover's post-World War I relief teams, and rates as one of the Senate's best-informed authorities on Far Eastern policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: New Team at U.N. | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

...international consortium of eight of the world's biggest oil companies to operate the industry for 25 years, using Iranian technicians as much as possible. Biggest partner: Anglo-Iranian, with 40%. Five U.S. companies (Jersey Standard, Gulf, Texas, Socony Vacuum, Standard of California) will share another 40%, and Royal Dutch Shell and a French company the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Siding with the West | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

...Southampton, N.Y., New Jersey's Eddie Moylan eased past America's top-ranking player, Tony Trabert, in the semifinals of the Meadow Club tournament, went on to beat Davis Cup Captain Billy Talbert in the finals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Aug. 9, 1954 | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

Sales & Profits. Despite oil production cutbacks, major petroleum companies were still able to report higher profits. For the first six months, the Texas Co. showed a record net of $97 million, Jersey Standard reported earnings up to $4.84 a share from $4.42 a year ago, and Phillips Petroleum's sales and earnings were ahead of 1953. In the fast-stepping electrical and electronics industries, Westinghouse Electric's second-quarter net was up 2% to a record $19 million, and Radio Corp. of America reported new record earnings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Proof of the Prophet | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

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