Word: optioned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Christ. We're going to bring ministers from abroad, too, men we've met in our travels, to help with the crusade. We've announced it will last seven weeks-from May 15 to June 30-but as a matter of fact, we have an option on Madison Square Garden for five months running, to be on the safe side...
...months of negotiations, Curtiss-Wright and Studebaker-Packard finally came to terms last week on "Operation Rescue." The two companies will not merge-at least not right away. But they will tie themselves together under a "joint program" agreement, with Curtiss-Wright running Studebaker-Packard and taking an option on enough Studebaker stock for a formal merger later...
There is a chance for more. If Curtiss decides to merge and exercises its stock option within the next two years, it will pay $25 million for 5,000,000 shares of Studebaker stock. The merged company will also be able to apply Studebaker's big $70 million tax loss against overall profits...
...house at a fair market price, puts it up for sale. If the old house is sold before the new one is ready, Rose simply charges the standard 5% broker's commission. Otherwise he moves the buyer into the new house and takes up his option on the trade-in at the mutually agreed price, less the 5% commission and a $750 flat fee for mortgage financing, necessary repairs and other contingencies. Out of 175 such houses handled, Rose has had to carry only a dozen past the new home transaction deadlines. Chicago's William Trude offers...
...profits slipped 50% to $329,000. Furthermore, V-C had never paid a dividend to common stockholders, while funneling out $17 million since 1946 to preferred stockholders (largely Allied Chemical & Dye Corp., also a good customer). Insurgents also criticized the fact that President Howell had a big stock option in addition to his $78,000 annual salary, reportedly made more than $100,000 in the past 20 months...