Word: profiteer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Court Auctioneer is likewise in a position where graft can be a sore temptation. By forced sale he turns possessions into cash. He may conspire with a few choice buyers to undersell assets to them at a bountiful profit which they graciously and secretly split with him. He may rig his auction books to show low sale prices, pocketing money that should go to creditors...
...Profit (in millions) arned per Share...
...earned a net of almost $5,400,000 or $31.21 a share against a net of about $3,000,000 or $16.68 a share in 1927. Paramount reported a record net of $8,700,000, an increase of $650,000 over 1927. The Shubert report showed a $470,822 profit for six months ending Dec. 31, 1928, as compared to $630,626 for corresponding period...
...statement: "I believe those States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico can grow plant rubber with profit to the farmer, in case of war prices. But it might be possible in the future to grow rubber and compete with the tropics. I have found over 1,200 plants to produce rubber. About 40 of them will be cultivated on a large scale...
...Diana's Hunting Party, a giant canvas (15 by 32 feet), garish and breezy as a circus poster. This will hang in Mr. Ringling's sunny, spacious museum at Sarasota, Fla. For more than 100 pieces the museum received $53,442. Meticulous connoisseurs called it sheer profit, good riddance...