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Word: tella (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...also negotiating with the governments of both Argentina and Colombia on the terms of three proposed projects in those countries. One of these, a project in cooperation with the Di Tella research institute in Argentina should be approved within one or two weeks...

Author: By David M. Gordon, | Title: Economic Advisory Group Receives Indonesian Grant | 4/24/1963 | See Source »

...months has gone through six economics ministers and five revolutionary crises. But some companies have managed to make millions despite all, and the leader of these is a nimble giant that sells Argentina the best that the rest of the world has to offer. It is SIAM Di Tella, Ltda., Latin America's biggest manufacturer, which produces an array of machines to cool, clean, feed and transport the Argentines. After the shabbiest year for Argentine business in a generation, SIAM'S 1962 sales are expected to be down substantially (to about $145 million), but the company will still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Argentina's Nimble Giant | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

...Languages to Start. Clutterbuck grew into this tradition under the tutelage of the company's Italian-born founder, Torcuato Di Tella, who started half a century ago in a Buenos Aires garage as a producer of bakery machinery. Benevolently dictatorial Di Telia traveled far and saw even farther, signed license deals to manufacture U.S. iceboxes and, when cars came into vogue, U.S. gas pumps. Seeking a bilingual secretary to help with his U.S. and British contacts, he hired Clutterbuck, then 16, an orphaned son of British immigrants who never went beyond high school. Clutterbuck got his education in management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Argentina's Nimble Giant | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

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