Word: ochs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first step came in 1903, when an Englishman named Fred Lowenadler guided the merger of six factories into the Jonkopings och Vulcans Tandstickfabriks-aktiebolag. Ten years went by before the remaining import companies were led by Ivar Kreuger into the Aktiebolaget Forenade Svenska Tandstickfabriker. These two combines functioned independently until 1917, when they agreed on a cost-saving and letter-saving merger. They became, briefly, the Svenska Tandsticksaktiebolaget. Translated literally, they became the Swedish Match...
Though the Liquor & Wine Trust (Vins och Spritcentralen) stands rock founded upon 7%, its other principles are more interesting. The return to shareholders can never be more than 7%. The surplus profits, amounting to 46% of sales last year, are turned over to the National Treasury, and usually constitute of the revenue of Sweden. Yet even these principles are not the most interesting...
...sermon of the week was preached by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. He preached it on anniversary eve- the 52nd of his birth, the 30th of his ministry and the 17th of the founding of his Free Synagogue. He preached it to one of Mr. Adolph Och's reporters (The New York Times...