Word: premium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sold it who did not own it. The Stock Exchange is closely watching the stock, in fear of a corner developing. The "shorts" must either buy Sumatra preferred at high prices and get rid of a bad bargain, or else stay short, borrowing, the stock and paying a premium of ½% or more a day ($50 a day on each 100 shares...
...same necessity. Multiply is the word of the hour. Multiply by two, four, six, or a dozen--the more the better: for it is certain if the student remains the single unmultiplied individual he is at present, he will never get his work done. The season puts a premium upon those freaks whom nature has endowed with duplicate organs and personalities. If one had the heads of Hydra, he would need them all. Theses are falling due like the plagues of Egypt, and the gods that send them are just as inexorable. Professors, struck with the thought of so much...
During the vacation there has been a brisk demand for copies of the Literary Digest number in cities where no ban is in effect. The demand has been particularly strong in New Haven and New York, where copies have been at a premium. Cases were reported in New York of the sale of individual copies at as high as $12 apiece...
...every preference share, a common Class A share was given as a bonus. It was tremendously oversubscribed, subscriptions ranging from $100 to $2,000,003 and aggregating almost $500,000,000. The issue was at once listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where it went promptly to a premium. The second step in the new financing consists of the public offering of the $75,000,000 of debentures...
...this year, which is unique in university instruction. He has noted that there seems to be a tendency for the results to place among the ranks of those of more submissive personality, a tendency, he explains, easily understood in the light of our grading system, which places a premium upon the conscientious student who learns accurately the material assigned...