Word: losses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...individual transactions, each broker records his trades as he would on the Floor, turning over to a volunteer "clearing agent" for "settlement" at the end of the game his "bought" and "sold" memoranda. The game goes on until trading peters out or the real stockmarket stirs in its sleep. Losses have run as high as $200 in a single game but the average gain or loss is between $10 and $20 per "session." Lately the Stock Exchange Governors banished the game to the smoking room but there two groups are usually in session. For peeking at a numbered slip...
...like pikers. The government is now spending an average of nearly three thousand dollars for each soldier killed or wounded in action--compared to less than 25 dollars in any wartime nation. Courageous leadership is absolutely necessary if the nation is to be saved from economic ruin and total loss of social consciousness...
...loss for eight days totals $8.95 a bale. In a broad sense, this means the value of the 14.363,000 bales of American cotton now on hand has declined...
...Making her first trip from Antwerp under Bernstein ownership last week, the Pennland arrived at Hoboken without a single passenger aboard. Pending an agreement with the Conference, the line had refused to sell reservations, took a loss rather than start a rate...
Prince Sukhodaya, Siam's abdicated King Prajadhipok, collected the first payment on insurance which he took out several years ago against the loss of his throne. Weekly payments from French and British firms will give shrewd Sukhodaya about $40,000 a year for the rest of his life...