Word: marketed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...original Presley records is being offered for $9,500. A Columbus, Ga., used-car dealer is restoring the singer's first Cadiliac to take on a national tour. A Delaware outfit called Factors Etc., which has obtained exclusive merchandising rights from Presley's estate, plans to market posters, LOVE ME TENDER T shirts, jewelry, statuettes and Christmas-tree ornaments celebrating Elvis' life...
...trade-increasing Government regulation, a cautious attitude on the part of big investors. Further, it finds that brokers have uncomfortably high ratios of debt to capital and argues that the firms' earnings are on "a fragile foundation" because brokers, like their customers, never know what the market is going to do and have no way of forecasting the level of future business. With trading volume low and commissions hurt by rate cutting, the study concludes that not one of the 15 stocks can be recommended...
Paine Webber did select three stocks-the "best of a bad bunch"-as possible buys "in a more favorable market environment than now exists." A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. for its "unique position" at the retail end of the industry; Merrill Lynch for its leadership of the industry and First Boston, Inc. for its strong position on the institutional side. Merrill Lynch is preparing its own report on the industry, and it is likely to be gloomy. The TV ads will continue to proclaim that "Merrill Lynch is bullish on America," but the firm is less than bullish...
...contains fewer polluting hydrocarbons and less carbon monoxide than gasoline exhaust. Finally, there is the matter of price: though quotations have not been firmly fixed, GM expects its diesel cars to sell for $750 to $840 more than an Olds powered by a conventional engine. Is there, nonetheless, a market? Probably. Mercedes-Benz introduced passenger diesels to the U.S. in 1952, and in the past few years, demand has grown dramatically. Today nearly 50% of all Mercedes sold in the U.S. come equipped with diesel engines...
...surprisingly, in view of the conservative lineup-and its origins as a business lobby-the institute is committed to free markets. In analyzing economic problems, says Institute President William Baroody, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, "our guys will look first for a market solution. If they can't find one, they'll seek a mixed market-Government solution. If they can't find that either, then :hey'll suggest a Government solution." One of A.E.I.'s preoccupations is pointing out the distorting effects of Government regulation on the economy. Laird's energy study...