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...Another miner found a huge piece worth $3,300 and immediately hired 100 men at $3 apiece per day to help him dig. A youth deserted his job in Bahia, 400 miles away, found a fine stone that he sold for $190, later discovered that the buyer quickly resold it for more than $2,500. Luckier was the young lady who spent four days digging in the pits, made $2,700, then quit and went home a rich woman...
...more investors than ever; prices of small stones have risen 7% in the last year. Another longtime investment area, commodities futures, is winning new enthusiasts. For as little as $500 and a 95% margin, investors can buy a commodity contract valued at $10,000, gambling that it can be resold at a higher price. To the list of dozens of commodities (including soybeans, wheat and pork bellies), the Chicago Mercantile Exchange last month added a new opportunity for investors: futures in dressed beef...
...bank for full employment has led B.F.G. into several unorthodox but rewarding transactions. While most other banks stood aside, B.F.G. last year purchased several companies left insolvent in the collapse of the Hugo Stinnes industrial empire (TIME, Oct. 18, 1963), is keeping them in operation until they can be resold. When the owner of a huge Nurnberg photographic mail-order house was arrested recently on suspicion of tax fraud, B.F.G. saved his company by putting up more than $2,000,000 to bail him out. By such ventures, the bank has preserved thousands of jobs, also reaped dividends of good...
Oddly, the thieves took only the equipment being used for the Mental Health project, and ignored other items--including an electric typewriter--which were in the office. This is unusual, since a typewriter could be resold very easily, but most of the photo equipment could not be sold without arousing suspicion...
...major Marco Ricci oil sold for a paltry $500. Now renewed interest in Ricci has led to a retrospective of 228 of his works at the Palazzo Sturm near Venice, which before closing last week drew a remarkable total of 47,600 visitors. And the $500 painting has been resold...