Word: lures
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when things don't go well, I butt in." Fairchild Camera was showing few signs of growth in 1957 when Fairchild himself stepped in to run the company, "to the consternation of a good many people." But Fairchild brought in hard-driving President John Carter, 40 (with the lure of an option deal that could net him, at current prices, about $8,000,000), now gives him free rein. The company meets Fairchild's definition of growth-25% a year-will gross $80 million this year, earned about $1.60 in the first half compared...
CASTRO'S ADMAN who ran U.S. campaign to try to lure dollar-filled tourists to Cuba is suing Cuban government for more than $100,000 in unpaid bills. Armed with a court writ, Miami's Harris & Co. Advertising had sheriff seize a Cuban Aerovias at Fort Lauderdale, is trying to seize all Cuban property in Florida, including bank accounts...
...still the new ones went up (65 hotels from 1946 to 1960), and competition got steadily keener. To lure guests, many hotels have switched to the American plan, tossing in two meals for only $3 a day more. Some hotels have tried tie-ins with airlines and tourist agencies, selling blocks of rooms at cut prices. Rate cutting has become the rule; prices have slid as much as 25% in the last five years...
...living in a woodland preserve. Union Carbide already has a $9,000,000 nuclear lab completed. Dowling's City Investing has pumped another $1,000,000 into an international research building for other companies to try on a rental basis before making a full commitment. Next week, to lure more potential customers to view Sterling Forest -and incidentally turn a tidy tourist profit-Dowling will open the world's most lavish tulip garden with 1,500,000 bulbs planted over 125 acres...
...often less valuable for executives than those in small firms, simply because stocks in small, vigorous companies, with a small number of shares outstanding, often rise faster. For this reason, options, notably in electronics companies (e.g., Microwave Associates, Itek Corp.), are a cheap and sometimes most effective way to lure talented scientists from big corporations that pay higher salaries. Options have also helped turn scientists, who often care little about costs, into good managers. Since Massachusetts' transistor-making Transitron Corp. (TIME, Dec. 21) granted stock options to its scientific staffers last winter, it noticed a marked interest in cost...