Word: market
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...surplus wheat held for export. It hung over the incoming crop, an imminent incubus. It could not be moved to seaboard with a transportation loss to the producers of 8? per bushel-a freight rate advantage enjoyed by Canada and Argentina on the wheat for the world market. Said Senator Capper: "This wheat must be moved in the next three months, as July wheat will then be coming into the market. Otherwise there would be no storage facilities. ... I have proposed to the Interstate Commerce Commission that they permit railroads to revise freight rates for 60 days...
...socialist or nationalist rising, there are economic repurcussions on a grand scale. American holders of German securities might have to stand large losses, or unnecessary loss of confidence on their part might produce liquidation which would be disastrous to German borrowing. Nations which find Germany a good market for their goods, and secure from Germany many necessary goods in return, would be injured. The problems of Allied debt payment would be sharpened. Allied budgets, dependent on reparation payments, would be endangered...
...Canadian whiskey stock. His shock and grief at losing his money were exceeded only by his vexation at learning he had become involved in a liquor business. He sold his stock at a loss and, last week, wrote a letter of protest to the New York Curb Association, the market where Hiram Walker is listed. Loudly he protested that dealings in liquor stocks on U. S. exchanges are, or ought to be, illegal under the 18th Amendment. He demanded a refund of his losses...
...automobile companies. Merger with Inland Steel Co. (Chicago district) has been frequently reported, was once almost completed, is still rumored. Ranks as Third Largest (3,000, 000-ton capacity); earned $10,-466.300 ($9.54 a share) in 1928. Jones & Laughlin. Fourth largest; closely held stock traded in over-the-counter market; estimated 1928 earnings $20 a share; operating in Pittsburgh area. Crucible Steel Co. Largest maker of crucible steel; important producer of electric alloy steel; 1928 net income $5,634,-000; per share, $7.06; operating chiefly in Pittsburgh area...
...World War dugout (TIME, April 1). LIGHT HOLIDAY-The brightest dialog of the season (TIME, Dec. 10). CAPRICE-Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in a merry importation (TIME, Jan. 14). KIBITZER-The preposterous adventures of a Jewish know-it-all in the stock market (TIME, March 4). MUSICAL Best light lines, legs and lyrics: Hold Everything, Whoopee, Follow Thru...