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Word: tinto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whose strategies saved the conference a year ago; Stephen Birch of Morgan-linked Kennecott; James Y. Murdoch of gold & copper producing Noranda; Felicien Cattier of Africa's Katanga; Robert Crooks Stanley of Canada's International Nickel, in line for the first time; Sir Auckland Geddes of Rio Tinto and Rhokana, one-time British Ambassador at Washington. A stony silence greeted Dr. Sussman's statements that Roan's production capacity is up from a year ago, that Roan should be allowed to produce 41,000 tons, 80% more than this year. Questioned as to why Roan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Africa Speaks | 12/19/1932 | See Source »

...hand President Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno last week bade his people celebrate Martes de carnes-tolendas (Mardi Gras) with fitting abandon. Ahead were 40 days of fasting & prayer, but for Fat Tuesday the Rio Guayas had yielded many fish to be eaten; there were many casks full of vino tinto to be drunk; on almost every corner in bustling Guayaquil were vendors with carts laden with confetti, streamers and chizguetes (perfume squirters).* President Baquerizo Moreno had given his own granddaughter, Senorita Rosa Piedad Baquerizo, to be Queen of Carnival. Let the people be gay. Was not that Liberal leader and troublemaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: Last Gold Country | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

Passed. Corporations which last week passed their quarterly dividends included: Airway Electric Appliance Corp.. Backstay Welt Co., Continental-Diamond Fibre Co., Diamond Electrical Manufacturing Co., Kaybee Stores, Inc., Rio Tinto Co., Ltd.. Schumacher Wall Board Co.. Service Stations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dividends | 9/21/1931 | See Source »

...broker receiving an order in rubbers may have to rush out and buy some Bah Lias, Gula Kalump, or Linggi, while in teas he must know Budla Beta, Chargola, Jokai, Pabbojan. The mining list includes famed De Beers Diamond Mines, the Rand (gold), Johannesburg Consolidated Investments ("Johnnies"), Rio Tinto ("The Tinto"), Roan Antelope, Katanga, Mount Isa, Siamese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Open on Saturdays | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

...well into the evening to continue dealings. New British Woolworth shares were a favorite, and such prominent London groups as the rubbers, home-rails, breweries and artificial silks were all higher. Internationals (mostly Americans) were strong. So were old favorites like Bats (British-American Tobacco), Imps (Imperial Tobacco), the Tinto (Rio Tinto), and the Johnnies (Johannesburg mining shares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Markets | 7/6/1931 | See Source »

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