Word: profit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...francs from the Syndicate. He would take over the bank, hold it all summer if need be "to break the Greek Syndicate and put baccarat in the hands of sportsmen who play for the love of the game." "Sportsmen," he gallantly declared, "do not necessarily play for profit...
...copper at this level; hence production is likely to dwindle down to demand. Even low-cost producers will not find 10¾? a pleasant level. Nevada Consolidated Copper Co., one of the highest-cost producers, revealed that during the second quarter its copper cost 10.28?, leaving a margin of profit which tends to be academic...
...great aviation companies, only United Aircraft & Transport Corp. has issued its semi-annual statement. It showed $2,102,531 profit, compared to $4,410,046 for the first half of 1929. †1929 figures from Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce...
...boast that in his 14 years on the Journal he made more than $3,000,000 profit for the paper in theatrical advertising; that he was responsible for the $5,000,000 contract between Hearst and Famous Players; for the $2,000,000 contract between Hearst's newsreel and Universal Film Corp.; for various successes of Hearst's Cinemactress Marion Davies. He left the Journal to start Zit's Weekly in 1921, with the gratitude of Publisher Hearst who continued to pay him $1,000 a week until two years...
...other day, in fact more than one recently, that wages should come down. I said, 'Oh no, wages in the steel industry are not coming down; you can make up your mind to that fact. If you are going out to sell your goods and eliminate your profit and expect to get it out of the men in the mills you are greatly mistaken...