Word: stocked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hundreds of Haupt's customers crowded into its 15 offices, demanding the return of the stocks that were held on account in the brokerage firm. In many cases, their stocks were held in Haupt's name, and the bankers were legally entitled to take them in payment for loans made to Haupt. The New York Stock Exchange, fearful that the scandal would shake the public's trust in the market, put up $9.5 million to pay off Haupt's anxious customers. The New York Produce Exchange halted all trading in cottonseed oil. Tino's major...
...drawls convincingly but never seems deeply touched by the megrims of the "hillbilly Shakespeare" whose reaction to fame is to mistreat his wife (Susan Oliver) and bedevil his loyal manager (Red Buttons). Meanwhile, life flits by with all the tired gimcrackery of a vintage M-G-M musical-stock shots of triumphant headlines, cheering crowds and bestselling sheet music. The only difference is that Hamilton, star of a group called the Drifting Cowboys, is signed up by Grand Ole Opry instead of the Palace. "Wait'll I tell the fellas," he beams, cuing the inevitable "No, Hank, they just...
When Americans spend more abroad than foreigners spend here, the U.S. suffers a balance of payments deficit, dollars flow out of this country and other central banks begin demanding gold in exchange for their currency. The gold stock declines. People begin to doubt that the U.S. will always have enough gold to maintain the present rate of exchange. And a run on the dollar, precipitated by the fear of devaluation would cause a major world crisis by undermining the value of the dollars which central banks use as reserve assets...
...handbags, as well as manufacturer's taxes at varying rates on everything from business machines to cameras, radios and playing cards. The 10% tax on telephone and Teletype service would fall to 3% next Jan. 1, be repealed in stages over the following three years. Levies on stock and bond sales, property conveyance, light bulbs and auto parts would also...
Quant & Mitzou. Under J. C.'s rule, 96% of Penney stock was in soft goods, cash was the key word, and Penney's familiar black and mustard-yellow signs were small-town landmarks. In Penney's new-look stores, 25% of the space is given over to such fast-moving and profitable hard goods as TV sets and washers; this year the company will move into plumbing supplies, nursery stock and musical instruments. The chain now has 5,500,000 charge-account customers who last year accounted for 30% of sales; moreover, it has opened 405 desks...