Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Kaiser-Frazer Corp. announced it had closed the year with almost $19,000,000 profit, out of which it had paid off a $12,000,000 Bank of America loan...
...costs about $2 a day to keep a dog (one-sixth of what it costs to keep a race horse), and at the season's end the dog-man's profit-&-loss statement is usually a lot healthier than the horseman's. In the British Isles, where horse racing most wears the airs of pageantry, the dogs are not merely yipping at the horse's heels but are far out front. There, a whopping $800 million a year is bet at 222 dog tracks, and the dogs are not only a national pastime but a national...
Twenty-eight Tongues. Developed for the Army by the non-profit Linguistic Society of America, the records (and accompanying texts) are distributed by Book Publishers Henry Holt & Co. A set costs $50, whether French or Hindustani; mass sales of the Big Four (Spanish, French, German, Russian) make up losses on more exotic items. Royalties go to the Linguistic Society, which last week was planning the conquest of eight more languages to add to the 20* originally ordered by the Army...
...fame. In 1941, the old King Street auction room was bombed out. In recent months the house has conducted its business rent-free in Lord Spencer's 18th Century house in St. James's Place. As overhead is low, the seven partners make a gross profit of over ?100,000 on an annual gross of ?1,000,000. British stocks in public companies usually pay no more than 6%. But Christie shares, all held by the partners, are estimated to yield 200% a year...
Butcher Club. A new moneymaking trick with all the appeal of a chain letter was being tried out by many a U.S. meat market. To spur sales, nipped by high prices, retailers were selling at wholesale prices. They made their profit by charging customers a weekly fee for the privilege of wholesale buying. Butchers were making enough on the fees to pass on savings of as much as 25% to customers...