Word: net
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their dividends. Biggest market declines came in companies like Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Dow Chemical, International Business Machines, whose conservative fiscal methods, progressiveness and aggressiveness had made them blue chips. Under the Treasury-proposed tax program, these sound peacetime policies will hardly pay; "excess profits" will be taxed 89%. Net will depend very little on good management now, very largely on how much money was earned five years ago or how much money was sunk in the company a generation back...
...evidence that fire insurance is stagnating today, it points out that, in 1920, the industry collected net premiums of $890,000,000, which was equal to $1.70 in premiums for every dollar it held in policyholders' surplus. In 1940, its net premium income was only $917,000,000 or only 62? on policyholders' surplus...
...rates, CAB announced, will net American 9.86% on its investment. But Wall Streeters grabbed telephones, told customers the new rates would cut American's profits up to 50%. The stock nose-dived 4½ points to 32½, a three-year...
This week American Airlines pointed out that total net income from all sources between May 13, 1934 (the day it started flying) and Nov. 30, 1941 was $3,993,272 -only $177,416 more than the "excessive" mail pay charged by CAB. Snapped the airline: "The rates ordered by CAB are . . . unfair, unreasonable and unjust . . . [they] stifle opportunity . . .penalize initiative and enterprise...
...Net per share of American Can (now making torpedoes), would be cut from $6.45 to $3.28-not enough for the $4 dividend...