Word: sales
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Funny, but soon after NBC Newscaster Chet Huntley said that the nation's meat industry was "sick" and that one of the consumer's greatest problems was "too much fat in our beef," a new viand went on sale in New York. The product: Chet Huntley's Nature Fed Beef, advertised by pictures of a lean and hungry Chet and by promises of "quality and flavor, plus low fat and high protein." The fat was in the fire, and NBC, prodded by a local packer, ordered Huntley to trim his name and face from the chopped chuck...
With the largest auto population in the world, the U.S. travels on rubber-and each wheel means a sale for some tire manufacturer. The fight to make that sale has led to one of the biggest price wars in years. The main weapon in the war is a new, low-priced tire known in the trade as a "cheapie," which sells for as little as $6.95 v. about $25 for a standard quality name-brand tire. The stakes are big: the tire industry sells some $3 billion worth of tires a year. The contestants are many: more than 115 brands...
Even after VEBA is disposed of by a stock sale to the public, the Volksaktien program pushed by Erhard will still have a long way to go. Not including such properties as Lufthansa airlines, the state railways and harbor facilities, in which the government intends to retain an interest, 250 industrial companies remain to be sold. Still, peoples' shares have come quite a way in Germany; only six years ago a survey showed that 40% of the population had no idea what stocks were and 83% had never heard of dividends...
Viadimir Nabokov will read excerpts from a new novel and from previous works, including Lolita and invitation to a Beheading, in Sanders Theatre tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Coop and at the door...
Harvard Square can be either a wasteland or a garden of Eden for those in search of fashion. Those who decide what to put out on the shelves for sale maintain they couldn't care less what Paris decrees, and a continuity prevails here from season to season. Nevertheless, this year as usual there are subtle changes. A recent looking spree corroborated this. It also confirmed the suspicion that the Square stocks much of the same trite, conservative clothing available everywhere, (though at prices often higher than any other place...