Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...large corporations never believed in all-out production. They always believed in holding down production for profit, . . . The general welfare will not be promoted unless there is a showdown on whether the corporations control the Government or the people control...
...first time since 1938, net income of Class I railroads failed to show an increase in June over the" year earlier. Though operating revenues of $747 million were the best for any June in railroad history, and exceeded last June's by $124 million, the net profit of $71 million was down $7 million. One reason: the railroad tax bill for the month was $169 million-more than twice as much as their profits, 52.7% more than they paid last June...
...Nevertheless, Paramount will road-show it, until 1945, at 75? and $1.10 minimum (matinee & evening), demanding 70% straight percentage and guaranteeing the exhibitor a 12½% profit. For GWTW, M.G.M. took 70%, guaranteed...
...when Boeing was part of United Aircraft, and Johnson, as United president, became a scapegoat in the U.S. Government's abortive 1934 airmail contract cancellation. When Boeing recalled him from Canadian exile five years later, the company was suffering from two interrelated problems: 1) sales were small, its profit & loss statement soaked in red ink; 2) production was painstakingly perfectionist and inefficient...
...been reduced to 132 by means of a licensing system. Many of the firms left out in the cold converted to furniture repair, or became warehouses. The remainder are subsidized by a fund into which the functioning manufacturers pay 75% of the difference between their costs plus a profit allowance (6%) and the maximum fixed manufacturing price. (The other 25% is a bonus for efficiency...