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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Loft stock, which had been selling at 75? in March 1938, zoomed to $9 on the court decision, has since been one of the market's liveliest issues. Last week the Delaware Supreme Court turned down Mr. Guth's appeal. That day Loft was the most active issue on the New York Stock Exchange, with sales of 87,600 shares, closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Loft Lift | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...mighty" lift to Loft, the decision not only handed it Pepsi-Cola but ordered Mr. Guth to turn over back dividends of some $475,000. Mr. Guth was reported interested in a new dark, sweet soft drink. Name: Noxie-Kola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Loft Lift | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...Mr. Flatto turned up for last week's meeting, claiming to hold 9,000 proxies representing 250,000 shares. He demanded to know what would happen if he had 300,000 shares and the management had 300,001. Mr. Carlton retorted that nothing would happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: Disease of the Times | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...Mr. Carlton then adjourned the meeting to count the Flatto proxies. At 5 p. m. he announced an adjournment to the following day. Next day, as officials continued to dig through the Flatto proxies, the meeting was adjourned until this week. By this time Western Union's management, harried by Flatto threats to challenge every one of their proxies, diagnosed the most serious stockholders' revolt in their 88-year history as a "disease of the times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: Disease of the Times | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...Mr. Flatto is a ribbon manufacturer. This year, thanks to Shirley Temple Hair Bows and a vogue for beribboned lingerie and millinery, his business is 50% better than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: Disease of the Times | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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