Word: net
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...turns on a rope; and Goliath, the sea elephant, who has gained exactly one ton since last seen by his adoring public. This year there are many new acts, not the least astounding of which is that in which a man is shot from a cannon into a net more than 200 ft. away. He is Ugo Zacchini. He and his brother served in the Italian artillery during the War. They wondered then whether a man could be hurled as a projectile. There was no time to find out. Back on their farm in north ern Italy after the Armistice...
Largest European corporation is I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G. (TIME, April 1), largest European earner as well with its $25,000,000 (1927) net income. Yet, though 25 million is no puny amount in any man's hemisphere, U. S. corporations would hardly stand awed at its magnitude. Of some 500 U. S. companies thus far reporting 1928 earnings, 28 exceeded the I. G. F. A. G. figure. Nine passed the $50,000,000 mark. Of these nine U. S. Steel and American Tel. & Tel. exceeded $100,000,000, and General Motors established its own class with the astonishing earnings...
Last week's exports of pork, lard and meats were 13,216,000 pounds against 3,296,000 pounds for the corresponding week of 1928. Reports from U.S. railroads (over 240,000 miles of road) showed January net earnings of $117,730,186 compared to $94,151,973 in January 1928. Averages compiled by Ernst & Ernst, accountants, showed that 1,042 corporations enjoyed 1928 profits 17.19% greater than...
Radio Corp. of America reported a 1928 gross income from all sources of almost exactly $100,000,000. Net earnings after dividends on preferred were $18,464,603.26, which showed earnings per share...
Thus when Asa Griggs Candler, onetime (1889-1919) Coca-Cola King died last week in a hospital which he had founded overlooking a university which he had endowed, the company which he had so long managed belonged unquestionably to U. S. Big Business. During 1928, Coca-Cola showed a net of $10,189,000, an earning of $10.19 per share. At 105,000 soda fountains U.S. citizens were saying "Give me a Coca-Cola." At 600,000 retail outlets the corrugated little Coca-Cola bottle was being dispensed. Thirsty wayfarers in the U. S. and in 75 foreign countries consumed...