Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Miracle on 34th Street. A brightly cynical bit of whimsy about a man who thinks he's Santa Claus, and his effect on Christmas trade (TIME, June...
Weather Worries. Prices for corn futures broke all records on the 99-year-old Chicago Board of Trade. They reached $2.00¾ for July corn; the previous high was $1.99⅛, set in 1919. The jump was caused by a forecast of subnormal temperatures for the corn states, already suffering from a cold, wet spring that delayed planting. The Department of Agriculture, calmer than corn speculators, still expects a big corn crop, exceeding three billion bushels...
...crookedness, and for envy too serene, too fair for blind intolerance, too just and seeing and too strong for hate, too honest for base dealing, too high for low suspiciousness, too innocent for all the scheming tricks of swarming villain yet never had been taken in a horse trade...
Miracle on 34th Street. A surefire, brightly cynical bit of whimsy about a man who thinks he's Santa Claus, and his effects on Manhattan's retail Christmas trade (TIME, June...
...Reviewing all the sources of payments now in sight, it is obvious that they will not support the present level of exports from the U.S. for any considerable period of time." In short, the part which the bank could play in world reconstruction-or in rebuilding world trade-was shockingly small...