Word: standardize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...earnings downdraft caused by heavy investments in the new jets: during the first half Boeing skidded nine points to close June at 37½, Douglas dropped 10½ to 47½. Oils were burdened by heavy inventories and price cuts: Royal Dutch dipped 5⅜ to 42½; Standard (N.J.) slid to 51⅝; Gulf worried off 16 to 110. Among utilities, losses from two to five points hit Consolidated Edison, Southern California Edison, American Electric Power...
...LIST of the 500 biggest U.S. industrial corporations in 1958 showed some changes in the top ten. Chrysler, which was sixth in 1957, dropped to eleventh; Bethlehem Steel, which was ninth, dropped to twelfth. Newcomers: Texaco and Western Electric. The top ten: G.M. ($9.5 billion in sales), Jersey Standard ($7.5 billion), Ford ($4.1 billion), G.E. ($4.1 billion, and up a notch from '57), U.S. Steel ($3.5 billion, down a notch), Socony Mobil Oil ($2.9 billion), Gulf Oil ($2.8 billion), Swift ($2.6 billion), Texaco ($2.3 billion), Western Electric ($2.2 billion...
HIGHEST DIVIDENDS EVER are expected this year. Standard & Poor's found that in June there were 82 dividend boosts (v. 55 a year ago), only four cuts (v. 58) and 13 omissions (v. 40). It believes that "an unusually large number of extras will be voted near the close of the year, making 1959 the best year on record...
...Pardue maintained the high standard of excellence we have come to expect of her. She will present another concert on July...
...sale this fall by Sonotone Corp. Smaller versions of nickel-cadmium batteries used in missiles and jets, the new batteries come in twelve different sizes for flashlights, portable TV sets and other appliances, have a 15-to 20-year life expectancy. Price: $7.95 for a unit equal to two standard flashlight batteries...