Word: marketed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Secretary's trouble was not serious. It was only that heavy stock market speculation, and increased exporting of gold from the U. S., had stiffened the U. S. money market and kept it stiff. The Third Liberty Loan was to mature on Sept. 15 and a considerable portion of it had been left to be taken care of by the Treasury's September operations. Secretary Mellon had to decide what interest rate he must offer to ensure the success of these operations. He delayed decision, hoping for a "break" that would make the playing easier...
...annual turnover on futures contracts in commodity markets already reaches some thirty or forty billions of dollars. They . . . touch directly the lives of comparatively few people. Yet there have been indications of a more widespread realization of the important place these organizations occupy in the marketing structure. . . . The futures exchanges bring into the market a large number of equity traders who . . . lift the burden of risk from the shoulders of producer, merchant...
Schulte-United. On the stock exchange shares of Schulte Retail Stores Corp. rose a few points. The apparent operations of a stock market pool was one cause; another, and more important, was the much mooted merger of Schulte (300 branches) with United Cigar Stores Corp. (3,000 branches). The two firms are now joined in interests in Union United Tobacco Co. (a holding company) and Schulte-United Five-Cents-to-a-Dollar Stores. United has large stockholdings in the Pennsylvania Drug Co., Schulte in the American Druggists Syndicate; United in Life Savers Inc., Beechnut Packing Co., Gillette Safety Razor...
Stockmarketeers found a suddenly strong market, hazarded various and unconvincing explanations, decided not to look the gift horse in the mouth. For the first time since June, a single day's trading passed the 4,000,000-share mark. The ticker once again fell behind, a full 25 minutes. Many stocks were pushed to new high levels for all time. Among them: U. S. Steel, Adams Express, International Nickel, American Express, Allis-Chalmers, Fleischmann, Victor Talking Machine, Loose-Wiles Biscuit, Commercial Investment Trust. Soaring, too, were Montgomery Ward, Chile Copper, Commonwealth Power, Anaconda, Coty Inc., Eaton Axle & Spring...
...Henry Ford, president of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association, advised farmers' wives last week to build attractive roadside markets and sell produce to passing motorists. Speaking of a market of her own, she said: "The bright colors of the vegetables and fruit against the clean white background made it more easy to attract...