Word: marketer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last Black Friday that is, March 13 when the Messrs. Jesse L. Livermore (Manhattan) and Thomas Howell (Chicago) loosed an avalanche of wheat and rye that proceeded right through the bottom of the grain market, Mr. Arthur Cutten (Chicago) was notably annoyed and the U. S. Department of Agriculture was somewhat alarmed (TIME, Mar. 23, 30, BUSINESS). Mr. Cutten was annoyed because he, the big holder of wheat and rye, was feeling bullish, and his enormous paper profits were being swept rudely into oblivion . Also , Mr. Cutten felt that the catastrophe had been timed purposely to do him injury, since...
...hinted an astute florist once upon a time, "with flowers." Horticulture bloomed and boomed. Who will accuse the florists if, knowing well the market value of sentiment, they inspired devoted children to buy white carnations on what was named "Mothers...
...many years ago, practically all the ham and bacon eaten in Britain was either a domestic or a U. S. product. But the Danes resolved to enter the British market. They first made an exact study of British tastes. British pigs were imported into Denmark and bred, British methods of curing bacon and hams were carefully investigated. The distance to England being short, transportation was readily available for bringing the fresh meats to Britain...
...result is that the small canners have lost an invaluable market and distributing agency for their output, while consumers have probably had, as a result, to pay more for such goods than would have been possible had the large Chicago packing houses remained in the field...
...usual practice, when a large offering of securities is made by the syndicate to the public, for the syndicate to place a market order to buy at about the price of the offering. Thus the market price of the security is kept at or above the syndicate price until the offering is largely dosposed...