Word: kaisers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hope of promoting themselves as the champions of German unity. East German President Wilhelm Pieck in person attended the opening session in East Berlin's graceful Gothic Marienkirche (he tried to slip in through the center portal usually reserved for brides, bishops and, in the old days, the Kaiser, but was hurriedly eased over to a side door...
After 3^ years and more than 3,200 pages of court testimony, Henry J. Kaiser finally laid an old enemy low. He won his breach of contract suit against Otis & Co., Financier Cyrus Eaton's Cleveland underwriting firm. In 1948, Otis & Co. signed up to help float 675,000 shares of Kaiser-Frazer stock at $11.50 a share; under the contract, the underwriters could bail out if anyone should try to block the stock issue in court. At the last minute Eaton bailed out, using as an excuse a suit against K-F to prevent the stock issue...
...When Kaiser sued, SEC tried to revoke Otis & Co.'s underwriting license, but Eaton won the case in court. The National Association of Securities Dealers then stepped in and suspended him for two years. Eaton has managed to hold that up pending an appeal to SEC. With the K-F decision against him, Eaton may well lose the N.A.S.D. fight. He also faces another battle with SEC to keep from being banned from underwriting for good...
...Kaiser Magnesium Co. this month reactivated the 20-million-lb.-a-year U.S. magnesium plant at Manteca, Calif...
...Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., already the third biggest producer of aluminum in the U.S., last week was granted tax advantages to expand still further, boost its capacity another...