Word: profits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...RICH WYOMING & NEVADA FOR ONLY $100. For months, a spate of such ads, by numerous outfits like "Petrol Services," have moved thousands to shell out $100 or more to lease oil rights on Government lands. They hope to sell out at a fat profit if oil is struck near their holdings...
...months after opening, Romanoff's was showing a profit, and by the end of 1941, it was an established success. Several explanations have been advanced for this. One is that, in the land of Hollywood make-believe, where every honest actor is an impostor at heart, the local royalty welcomed this suave masquerader from the East who could play his part better than they could play theirs. A second explanation is that Mike has always had an illustrious following of loyal and genuinely affectionate friends. The third is that he runs a damn good restaurant. In this...
With cash from a $675,000 stock issue and a $300,000 bank loan, Davis bought ten more DC-3s. He made a profit ($65,528) in his first full year, then ran up a $62,137 loss in 1949 has been in the black ever since. Last year his profits were up 77%, to $144,562. Piedmont has carried 515,695 passengers a total of 115.8 million miles without an injury, and its stock has risen from $1 to $3.50. Moreover, asthma no longer troubles...
Anything over $4 a day gross profit on the washers will go toward paying off the $180 loan. If it is not paid off in two years, it will be written off. After that, the committee will get a flat 20 percent of the gross take...
Silver Lining. In Ostend, Belgium, Hospital Patient Jacques Smeets, fearing the worst, bought a coffin from a fellow patient who had unexpectedly recovered, sold it for a $10 profit, when he got well, to a third patient-who also recovered...