Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Businessmen complain that while sales may be going up. profit margins are going down. But are overall profits for U.S. industry really dropping? See BUSINESS, The Profit Squeeze...
...PROFIT SQUEEZE...
...Kansas City Athletics to the Detroit Tigers as part of a 13-player shuffle, onetime Yankee Billy Martin sounded off with his customary ballfield belligerence. "They say six clubs were after me," said Billy. "If I was key man of the swap, I want a piece of the profit." Even though Billy stands small chance of collecting any cash, Detroit General Manager John Mc-Hale happily egged him on. "Keep talking," he told Billy-for an infield holler guy is just what the lackluster Tigers need...
...after crusty old Raymond Cyrus Hoiles and his Freedom Newspapers had turned it into a soapbox for his ultrareactionary views, the Citizen had edged out of the red after only two months. "We were warned," said Publisher Howenstine, "that a new paper couldn't expect to make a profit in less than two years...
...test several versions of similar equipment to find out which is best for commercial power production. But for the AEC and dozens of private subcontractors that built it, Shippingport will provide the first really thorough investigation of nuclear plant safety-the main drawback so far to production for profit...