Word: marketed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...becoming increasingly apparent that if any book be sufficiently odd either in subject matter or composition its success is assured in the present day market. Any excuse other than an extreme out-of-the-wayness would be difficult to find for the publication of Mr. Cooper's Albanian Tales. The fact that both the people and language of Albania are about as obscure as those of any country on earth is the only element of definite economic value possessed by this collection: that is, if one leaves out of account the expensive binding, and a number of excellent wood cuts...
Investors in the seven countries were invited to buy participating debentures of Kreuger & Toll Co The par value of the issue was only 45.000,000 kronor (about $11,000,000). But the market value of the debentures was six or seven times this amount. The American banking group, headed by Lee, Higginson,* offered American certificates representing debentures of 20 kronor par value at $28.14. In the first day's trading in Manhattan they rose to about $35. Lucky investors who had advance orders confirmed by the bankers realized a huge profit in a few hours...
Matchmakers. A sad-faced Swede named Johan Edvard Lundstrom had erected a match factory at his native Jonkoping ir. 1845. Starting with a small shop, he and Brother Carl Frans swiftly widened their market. In 1850 Brother Carl Frans visited England, talked business with Matchmakers Bryant & May. Thus began Sweden's export of matches...
...Match Co., and through the "biggest" Diamond Match Co. This company has a contract with the Swedish monopoly for the sale of foreign matches in the U. S. until 1930. Last year International Match consolidated its interests with Bryant & May, Ltd., biggest British-owned match company to control the market in the British Empire outside of Asia...
Trans-Atlantic Talk. When William Crapo Durant, stock market operator, was in Europe this summer he spent more than $25,000 on trans-Atlantic telephone calls to the U. S. But never for one call did he, nor anyone else, ever spend as much as F. B. Odium did last week. For 95 minutes of speech he paid $1,425. He is director of several U. S. electrical companies, notably, of Electric Bond & Share...