Word: ownership
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Previously, said Martin Flug '52, public relations manager, no one at the station could be held responsible for technical or financial difficulties. The ownership of the network was not clear, and the University accepts no responsibility for College organizations...
Even if the bill were amended to include only the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the results would still be financially disastrous. The line, now under state ownership, has a $7,000,000 deficit which increases $600,000 every year. Half-fare student rides are a fine idea, but not for a transportation system which is already hopelessly insolvent...
...push the market higher, a high market is also the cause of stock splits. In the bull market, many stocks have climbed too high to be popular, i.e., above $50 a share. As a result, during 1950, by splitting the stocks, corporations have cut the price and broadened the ownership. General Motors gained 10,439 new stockholders last year after the 2-for-1 split, which gave it the world's biggest stock issue (88,208,680). Standard Oil's split, if approved, will give it some 60,500,000 shares...
Asses' Milk. Last week, at its headquarters in Chicago's Civic Opera Building, EB was getting ready to celebrate a milestone in its history: its 50th year under U.S. ownership. Meanwhile, the 1951 printing (prices: $239.95 & up) had just gone to press, with 38 million words, 17,600 illustrations, and 41,200 articles from 4,060 contributors. But in spite of all this, EB's editorial board could hardly pause for breath. "You may be just about completed with 1951," says Editor Walter Yust of his job. "But then you've already started...
Every quarter-century since 1850, the owners of the Portland Oregonian (circ. 219,442) have marked the anniversary of its founding with long histories of the paper and nostalgic backward looks at the growth of the Northwest. Though the Oregonian and its surroundings changed greatly through the years, its ownership did not. It stayed in the hands of descendants of early (1860) Owner Henry Lewis Pittock and his longtime editor, Harvey Whitefield Scott...