Word: peake
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this kind of car market, however, even GM has troubles. Its profits as a percentage of sales have slumped from 10.3% at their peak in 1965 to 4.4% last year. The firm...
...Some delegations, like Ohio, bitterly resented the decision. Several others called the trailer to object. "It's tough," said Strauss to Jordan. "A lot of these guys broke their backs for us." Finally the time had run out, the Kennedy fever on the floor was holding at a peak. Strauss and Jordan had no time to call the President to ask for directions; they had to move on their...
...honest advertising is unlikely to set off any stampede to buy bonds. Sales reached a patriotic peak during World War II, but in recent years the investing public has preferred to put its spare cash into stocks or socks. Last year only $144 million in bonds were sold, compared with $303 million...
...fierce overcompetition taking the place of missiles and machine guns, the airlines are battling for survival in an ever tougher market. They have become so intent on shooting down one another "that they seem to have forgotten how to make money. Normally late spring and summer are the peak periods for airline profits. Not so this year. Last week as many of the nation's major airlines released their financial results for the second quarter, the figures were appalling...
...second quarter is declining at roughly an 8% annual rate, the second steepest drop since the Depression and the worst since early 1975, when the nation's business plummeted 9.1%. Labor Secretary Ray Marshall predicted that unemployment could reach 8.5% early in 1981, much higher than the 7.2% peak that the Administration had originally forecast. Housing continued to be one of the economy's weakest sectors, as new home starts plunged 11% to an annual rate of a meager 920,000 units, the lowest since February 1975. Once again in May, wages and salaries failed to keep pace...