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After Gulf & Western was blocked by the Justice Department from taking over Armour & Co., Charlie Bluhdorn attempted to resell his 750,000 shares to the meat packer for about $60 per share. He thought he had a deal?and an $18 million profit???but Armour Chairman William Wood Prince tried a squeeze play to drive the price down to $50. His method was ingenious. Armour made a public offer to repurchase 20% of its own outstanding shares at $50 each. If successful, the move would have increased Bluhdorn's stake in Armour from 9.8% to 12½%, thus making Gulf & Western...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE CONGLOMERATES' WAR TO RESHAPE INDUSTRY | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...cost basis. For each & every government agency a printing appropriation is made by Congress which is paid to G. P. O. for work done. In fiscal 1932 G. P. O. did $14,323,524 worth of business. The year before it showed (by mistake) a ? of 1% profit???$18,674. The 1933 appropriation for Congressional printing is $2,250,000. Of this sum between $600,000 and $700,000 will be used to get out the Congressional Record. The balance will go for the publication of committee hearings and reports, bills introduced, public documents ordered by Congress, directories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Summer Hangovers | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

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