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Word: profiteer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...zoning district? Shouldn't we question whether this is an appropriate limit for an international city of today? One need not support all proposed changes in the zoning code (like the one finally rejected for the Baird Atomic complex) to support some needed liberalizations in what we allow our profit-minded apartment developers to build for all price ranges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONLY ONE ROOMMATE? | 4/15/1969 | See Source »

...World of Profit, Auchincloss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Apr. 11, 1969 | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...Trans World Airlines, depreciation changes converted what would have been an $11.5 million loss from airline operations into a $9.1 million pretax profit. TWA saved $20.6 million in current "costs" simply by spreading the depreciation of most of its planes over twelve or 14 years, instead of eleven years. Other income and credits, including $6.2 million from TWA-owned Hilton International, raised the line's reported net to $21.2 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: COOKING THE BOOKS TO FATTEN PROFITS | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...Goodrich Co., fighting a takeover by Northwest Industries, increased its 1968 profit from $2.76 per share to $3.25 through two maneuvers. The company shifted to straight-line depreciation and changed its method of tabulating earnings. Higher profits, of course, would tend to lift the price of Goodrich's stock -making it more difficult for Northwest to buy control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: COOKING THE BOOKS TO FATTEN PROFITS | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...companies are entitled on purchases of machinery. The board wanted to force businessmen to spread that credit over the life of the machinery instead of taking it entirely in the year of purchase. About 80% of U.S. companies use the latter method; for some, it provides the difference between profit and loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: COOKING THE BOOKS TO FATTEN PROFITS | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

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