Word: nettings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This year amateurs are spending well over $100 million on developing and printing, as against $20 million in 1940. ¶ The photographic industry will net an estimated $700 million, against $126 million in 1939. The lion's share, an estimated 65%, will go to Eastman, the rest to Ansco, Du Pont, and nearly 200 smaller camera and equipment manufacturers...
...businessmen thought that the third quarter would be an important test of the U.S. boom. Last week, as more than no third-quarter reports poured forth from industry, it was clear that U.S. business had successfully passed the test. Sales were up an average of 16% from 1952, and net was up an average 20%, though profits in many cases were off slightly from the second quarter. As company after company reported good news, stock-market traders bought shares with gusto, and prices rose...
Among the first of the giants to report was General Electric, with third-quarter sales of $780 million (v. $642 million in 1952), and a 9% rise in net, to $40.9 million. Said President Ralph J. Cordiner: "We see nothing in this picture to justify the fears of recession which are being expressed in so many quarters today." G.E. directors proved their confidence by declaring a $1 special dividend; in two days, G.E. stock pushed up 1½ points, topped 80 for the first time since 1930. Others in the electrical industry rolled up similar gains over 1952. Sylvania Electric...
...fullback, he will have 190-pound Leroy Fargason, who played first-string fullback last year, until he suffered a broken leg against the Crimson. Through the first four games this year, Fargason has plowed to 189 net yards on the ground...
This year, the 172 net yards he collected in the first four games are second only to Fargason's. His 4.3 percentage per carry is next to Smith's. He has caught three passes for 73 yards, one for a touchdown, for a 24.1 reception average. He has punted eight time for 363 yards, and a fine 45.3 percentage. He has returned eight kickoffs for 237 yards, or an average of almost 30 yards per boot...