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Word: profitability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...both as a native son (born in the state of Ceará) and as a man of principle and piety (his cousin is the auxiliary bishop of Rio). Outside the northeast, Távora has apparently failed to capture much working-class support, despite 1) his promise to impose profit sharing on employers and 2) campaign help from one of Brazil's most gifted demagogues, São Paulo Governor Janio Quadros, who took a leave of absence to stump for Távora...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Big Race | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

WEST GERMAN BANKING, decentralized by occupation authorities to break its monopoly of German credit, is concentrating its power again. After several years of under-the-counter deals, three of West Germany's biggest banks have come out in the open to organize a common profit-and-loss pool, thus in effect, fuse their $1,622,000,000 in combined assets into one big bank. Their goal: to resurrect the Deutsche Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Sep. 5, 1955 | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

...Engage in any transaction for profit that reflects discredit on the Department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Code of Honor | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

...Turn a profit by capitalizing an official title or position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Code of Honor | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

...report was such a hit that the company promptly reorganized and hired Cresap as a vice president. Now Cresap has his new task all cut out: catch up to competitors who boomed to new peaks during 1955's first half, while Westinghouse's sales and profit declined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Sep. 5, 1955 | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

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