Word: net
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Forest Hills, L. I., only a tennis net separated the East and the West. With the intersectional title at stake, Williams, Tilden, Johnson, Richards of the East successfully bombarded Johnston, Griffin, the two Kinseys in singles. Johnston and Griffin "took the West's one point in doubles play against Williams and Washburn (Harvard graduates). Match score...
Coincident with the news that Baby Peggy (half past three) has "signed" a contract that will net Mr. and Mrs. Peggy $5,000,000 during three years, come certain advices* regarding the maltreatment of the children of the studios. It appears that small armies of indigent mothers and indolent fathers stand ready daily to sacrifice their offspring on the altar of Hollywood...
Record car loadings of early Summer led some to predict much larger net earnings for the railroads. Stock market prices have not, however, advanced to an important extent, and now, as the company statements for July are made public, the reason has become apparent. Although the gross business of the roads as a rule reflects their record volume of traffic, higher expenses here prevented any great growth of net earnings, and in some cases even decreased them. The purchase of new equipment as well as the lasting effects of the shopmen's strike have more than offset the increased...
Gold still continues to pour into the United States from her debtor nations abroad. In July the balance of gold imported amounted to $27,477,000; for the seven months of 1923 net receipts of foreign gold here totalled $137,000,000. Thus, even though Europe is paying her debts to us with lessening amounts of merchandise, she is still employing gold for this purpose...
...Net income for the last reported six months totaled $7,743,346; subtracting interest of $3,170,485, a net profit of $4,572,861 was shown. After allowing for payment of the regular dividends in the preferred stock, the balance was sufficient to have paid $2.43 on each of the 810,000 shares of common stock. Actually, however, the common dividend was again passed, and this sum added to surplus, which now amounts...