Word: market
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...history. Every major U.S. newspaper has been carrying full-page ads, and the splurge in Canada will be "the greatest ever conducted by a U.S. corporation." There, four major magazines will carry twelve-page color inserts. Said a Chrysler executive: "We are proceeding as if the buyer's market is already here...
...price of gold tumbled in panicky selling on the Paris free market early last week. The U.S. $20 gold piece, which has been sliding from its January high of over 28,000 francs (about $88 at the official free rate), dropped to 21,200 francs (or $66), down 2,500 francs in a week. A 2.2 pound gold bar, worth 837,000 francs a few weeks ago, dropped to 635,000. The Bourse was baffled by the reason for the plunge. But it seemed to be caused by rising confidence in France's currency...
...which promised lower retail prices and increased buying power for the franc. Some financiers thought that the announcement of South Africa's gold shipments might also be a factor in the decline. The franc's value in terms of dollars had also risen sharply in the black market. A month ago, $1 had cost 505 francs. Last week, it cost only 395 francs...
Many of them made no bones about the fact that they were back in a competitive market. The market for the high-priced ($18,000 to $40,000) house was "very slow" in most areas; in many places, building of high-priced houses had stopped...
Local optometrists were reported forming a "light market" to hawk the shady publications, and one merchant stated that "after all, the magazines were probably too sexy for Harvard pupils." Paul W. Mandel '51, noted naval analyst, was quoted as saying...