Word: nettings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Bride. The count inherited his empire from his father, a pushcart peddler who emigrated from Italy in 1881, founded a lard-rendering business and then expanded almost as fast as Sáo Paulo itself. His son has tripled the empire and is still abuilding. Though his announced net profits last year were $17.5 million, the count is notoriously coy about what he actually makes. His personal fortune tops $100 million. He is building a Roman Catholic cathedral. When his daughter Filomena (Fifi) got married a few years ago, he staged a fabulous reception, with special trains to help haul...
...Murrow, "noted CBS commentator [who] flew in the B-36 which A-bombed Moscow at midnight, July 22, 1953," was in Paris when the special issue came out. "The net effect among my friends there," said Murrow last week, "was unfortunate...
...working capital to keep going. One reason: it was hard hit in the postwar collapse of the airplane industry. Another: it took such heavy losses on its new 4-0-4 transport, which it sold to Eastern Air Lines and TWA at too low a price, that its 1950 net of $3.1 million turned into an estimated 1951 loss of more than $20 million...
Norris' tactics paid off. In his regime, the Southern's freight volume doubled, its net jumped to $22 million. Norris also managed to cut the Southern's debt by $120 million, including $32 million owed to the RFC which he had vowed he would pay off "dollar by dollar," if necessary. Last week, after half a century of railroading, 69-year-old Ernest Norris stepped up to the post of chairman...
Forty-eight seconds before the end of the third period Hubbard tied it up again on a pretty pass from Dick Clasby. At 2:14 of the overtime, however, Canniff took a passout from behind the net and knocked it in over Corning's stick for the game...