Word: parents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President as well as parent, Mr. Hoover hastily despatched a telegram to a student at the Harvard School of Business Administration. It was addressed to Allan Hoover, carried the admonition not to speak for the "talkies...
...responsible for the catapults which put aviation into the Fleet; and recognized as the foremost international authority on the design of seaplane floats and flying boat hulls. That he is not "the Chief Designer," but is employed in the capacity of Director of Engineering by Allied Motor Industries, Inc., parent company of Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation, thus making his services available to the latter corporation as well as others in the Allied group.* 5) That the Great Lakes plant now employs over 800 men. . . . 6) That Great Lakes is a recognized source of supply for the U. S. Army...
...side stood the Insull-controlled New England Public Service Co., parent company of Central Maine Power Co., and four Maine textile mills. It openly and expensively campaigned for power export. Leader of its fight was Walter S. Wyman, President of the Central Maine. He reported that the funds expended in the campaign were the result of Insull profits in Texas, were not profits taken from Maine consumers. On the same side were former Governor Percival Proctor Baxter (1921-25) and numerous newspapers including the papers published by Guy Patterson Gannett.* Together they bombarded Maine with advice to permit power export...
...made annual purchases of $500 a year from Squibb he is allowed to buy ten shares (at $50 each) of the 6% cumulative Distributors Preferred stock of a new company, Squibb Plan, Inc. With each $50 he puts in, Squibb Plan buys a share of the parent company's common, now paying $1 a share in dividends†. In addition Squibb Plan receives a sum from the parent company equal to 10% of the amount of the retailer's purchase of Squibb products and an additional 10% on the increase of his purchases over the previous year...
...next year, Squibb Plan gets 10% ($60), and another 10% ($10) on the increase in the retailer's purchases. So all told Squibb Plan gets $80. Out of this it pays the retailer 6% ($30) on his money. Of the remaining profit ($50) half goes back to the parent company and the rest ($25) is prorated among the retailers in proportion to the amount of their direct purchases from Squibb...