Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hope for industrial peace in the coal fields lies in government nationalization of the mines. Through such a step, most of the irritants which lead to strikes can be avoided, and the men will not have the dangerous feeling that their difficult and dangerous labor is solely for the profit of others...
...pound to the world price of 10¼?. Copper and zinc would follow suit, and these last crippling shortages would probably end as imports poured in. ¶ No general rise in steel was seen. Some carbon steel products which were being produced at little or no profit would probably go up. Alloy steel (10% of the steel output), on which controls had already been removed with no price effect, would probably stay put or even decline. ¶ General Motors was the first to raise prices. It boosted car and truck prices an even $100 all around. Ford said he would...
...General Mills's interest in home appliances had another explanation: use of flour is gradually declining in the U.S. Besides, profits in flour-making are small (raw material accounts for 80 to 90% of the selling price). Milling one-sixth of all U.S. flour (twice as much as its nearest competitor) and processing one-fifth of all U.S. dry breakfast cereals, General Mills did a gross business of nearly $300 million last year. Yet, despite the best efforts of the Lone Ranger and Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, its net profit was only $7 million...
...boost profit margins, General Mills had long been looking for a chance to get into another kind of manufacturing. So when vice president Arthur D. Hyde, 44, research and mechanical divisions' boss, came up with three likely looking products, General Mills jumped. Besides the new iron, Art Hyde designed a new kind of pressure saucepan and a new kind of automatic coffeemaker. The saucepan, ready for production, will go to market next...
...Profit & Loss. In Hollywood, police got word that David Posada's car had been stolen, with $1,500 in it. They started a search, soon located the car, found $2,504 scattered on the floor...