Word: sales
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...made F-5 jet fighters. There has also been speculation of late, some of it floated by Sadat himself, that Saudi Arabia was thinking of canceling its deal to buy 60 U.S.-made F-15 jet fighters, and would choose France's Mirage 2000 instead. The sale of the sophisticated F-15 was the subject of heated debate in the Senate last year. The Carter Administration was determined that the sale should go through, not only to assure the Saudis that Washington valued their friendship highly, but also as away of strengthening the military relationship between the two countries...
After the publication of his catalogue, the Association of Art Museum Directors attacked Rockefeller, publishing a statement "On the Abuses in the Manufacture and Sale of Reproductions of Works...
...called the Large and Inefficient Business Protection Bill." The way to reduce conglomerate mergers, he added, is to improve economic policy. Bringing down inflation would lead to lower interest rates and higher stock prices. Companies then would no longer have the opportunity to buy out firms at fire-sale prices. Meanwhile, corporations would have more incentive to expand on their own by investing in new plants and machines. The combination of those factors, said Rohatyn, would reduce the number of mergers...
...community is still followed, the Corporation will again place profits above morality. If returns on investment diminish severely, the Corporation's response will probably be exactly that being urged upon today: it will divest, or vote for resolutions calling for withdrawal. The University community may suddenly find that the sale of $300 million in stock will not be as expensive as the cost of holding on to the shares. The Corporation will have no problem in depriving its investment managers of 400 corporations in which to invest. More moral, that is, more profitable investments will be found...
...going at once. His independence gives him a competitive edge over rivals, who must go through strict management channels. Once, while spending a weekend relaxing aboard his company's 85-ft. yacht, the Curt-C, Carlson heard a Milwaukee promotion company that produces inflight shopping catalogues was for sale. He bought the firm within two days...