Word: quarterly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the effects of the steel strike still to be felt, bright earnings news last week also came from General Motors Corp., whose third-quarter profits doubled over the same period a year ago, and boosted nine months' net to $2.55 per share v. $1.39 last year...
...nation's steelmakers, the strike's effect on earnings was all too apparent. All continued to report heavy third-period losses, though most showed nine-month results ahead of last year. Top ranking U.S. Steel had its first quarterly loss in 21 years, and its largest ever. Big Steel lost $31 million in the July-September period, but had nine months' earnings of $3.80 per share v. $3.56 last year. Other nine-month steel earnings: 1958 1959 Bethlehem Steel $1.68 $1.75 Jones & Laughlin 1.45 3.15 Wheeling Steel 1.80 2.78 Inland Steel 1.86 1.99 While second-quarter earnings...
Brunswick-Balke Collender Co. reported a record September quarter net of $5.15 per share, boosting nine months' earnings to $755 a share v. $4.73 last year. Motorola Inc. had record nine months' earnings of $4.90 per share v. $1.66 last year. Other nine months' results...
When Kaiser went into shipbuilding in World War II, Edgar took over half the operation, Trefethen the other half. Despite skepticism from every quarter, the Kaiser shipyards went on to build more vessels than any other shipbuilder during the war. At the same time, the Kaisers also had their first run-in with the steel industry, when they announced plans to build their Fontana steelworks on the West Coast with an RFC loan. Despite the industry's opposition, Kaiser built the largest steel plant west of the Mississippi (in ingot tonnage), paid off the Government loan 20 years ahead...
Trim (5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs.) and broad-shouldered, Edgar keeps himself in shape for long hours on the job. He spends a quarter of his time hopping from country to country, divides the rest between offices in Oakland and Manhattan. His 12-ft. blond-wood desk in Oakland is equipped with 20 intercoms and 17 phone lines that can reach his network of 91 plants and facilities in seconds. Henry J. still keeps in touch from Hawaii, often calls up sleeping Edgar at 4:30 a.m. and chortles: "Oh, did I wake...