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...acquisitive spirit, Tenneco has gained something of a reputation as a slow-paced outfit looking forward to a comfortable if unexciting middle age. Its stock, which last week sold at 23½, has barely changed price since the early '60s. Now, if the natural-gas and power-station projects are an indication, Tenneco's future will be anything but dull...
...they didn't know where to take them. Somebody would tell them to sue, they'd add up their lawyer's fees and court costs and the time it would take, and they'd just forget it. Now, if we get enough complaints about one outfit, we'll get the district attorney or the Los Angeles police...
...Boston, an outfit called Infact Systems Inc. has put out a paperbound "complaint kit" with tear-out forms declaring that this is my SECOND complaint, then THIS is MY APPEAL TO A THIRD PARTY. Another booklet, published in New York, lists the presidents of a wide range of companies, with their addresses, to whom the complainer is advised to address his complaint (the theory being that the complainer gets more action if he goes right to the top). But in this day of the form reply, that advice can be dubious. One unhappy patron who discovered bedbugs in his hotel...
...firm was started in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, now 74 and retired, as an investment-counseling outfit. It was not until 1950 that Price started his first mutual fund, the T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund. It was the industry's best performer in the 1950s and still ranks high among large growth funds. Price has one other fund in his fold, the Rowe Price New Era, started in 1969. All of Price's funds are "no loads," meaning that the funds have no salesmen and the buyer does not pay a sales commission. Price...
...street to ask about it." Bank Teller Marta Ronchi concurs, "If I work in a place, I'm proud of it. I'm the type for a uniform; I was raised by the nuns." Although some employees find the career apparel boring, one secretary likes her outfit so much that she wears it everywhere, even on dates. Employers generally are not put off by the high cost of keeping their staff well accoutured. They find that career clothes create a good professional image and eliminate the problem of poor taste in employee dress...