Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...certain destruction that would come with all-out war. Thus the small inroads of aggression are stopped before they can add up to an all-or-nothing world crisis. "The fact that the Kremlin may stand to lose from a limited nuclear war does not mean that it could profit from all-out war," says Kissinger. "On the contrary, if our retaliatory force is kept at a proper level and our diplomacy shows ways out of a military impasse short of unconditional surrender, we should always be able to make all-out war seem an unattractive course...
...each of his brothers and sisters) got from the Allied sale of Krupp properties. With the help of this capital and generous tax write-offs from the West German government, Krupp had spent some $40 million in plant rebuilding by 1955. Since 1954, the firm has been making a profit...
...that the next market day was Yom Kippur. With some trepidation, Baruch decided to observe it. That morning the stock sagged below 100 but by noon rallied to 97. Had Baruch been on the trading floor, he would have closed out his short position and taken the small profit. By the market's close, Amalgamated Copper slumped again to 931. Emboldened by the events of the holy day, Baruch maintained his short position for months till the stock dropped to 60, cleared a profit of around...
...record U.S. Steel earnings for both the quarter and the half, Chairman Roger M. Blough foresaw "reasonably good business in steel-consuming industries during the rest of the year," predicted a slight upturn in U.S. Steel's production in the last quarter. The oil industry reported a highly profitable six months, helped account for a sizable part of the 6% profit gain over 1956's first half chalked up by 741 U.S. corporations in a survey by the First National City Bank of New York. Profits of Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) reached a record $463 million...
...Rural Development, many farmers are learning to be better farmers. In Lewis County, W. Va., Rural Development last year helped twelve farmers buy 146 Western ewes. In one season they made enough from their lambs and wool to pay back the loan, this year will pocket a sizable profit from their almost vertical hillside pastures...