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...Real income per capita will soar 30%. The average American will have an additional $370 to spend on goods and services...
...flourish, the National Industrial Conference Board reported what businessmen thought about the rest of the year. Of the 131 major manufacturers in its survey, most thought that the record levels of employment (65 million) and gross national product ($385 billion) would hold up. Sales, production and capital expenditures might soar even higher. Half predicted that second-half profits would be even better than the year's first half, and more than three-fourths predicted that 1955 earnings before taxes would easily surpass 1954's. Said the N.I.C.B.: "Business in the remainder of 1955 will be just as good...
...used his profits to move into other fields. In 1946 Simon went into Ohio Match, whose stock was selling at some $2,500,000 below net worth. He had so many good ideas that the directors offered him a voice in company policy without a fight, saw their profits soar. Later, to get wood supplies for Ohio Match, he invested some of its cash in the Northern Pacific Railroad, which had big timber tracts, turned up with control of 14% of the stock. He won a seat on the board, forced a change in the way the company was leasing...
...Raising its sights another notch, the Government estimated construction outlays this year will reach $41.8 billion, a full 11% above the record spending of 1954. House building will be just a shade under the all-time 1950 record; office construction, stores, churches, schools, public works and highway construction will soar past all previous peaks...