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...fuel. ERDA'S fiscal '76 request for R. and D. in this field: $206 million. Currently, gasification is drawing the most interest, with three pilot plants already in operation. Two giant plants, costing $800 million each, are being planned for New Mexico by El Paso Co. and Wesco Financial, but the projects raise important legal and jurisdictional questions that are now being argued before the Federal Power Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENERGY: Considering the Alternatives | 4/14/1975 | See Source »

Fifth Avenue Coach 63% Alside, Inc. 57% Dymo Industries 54% High Voltage Engineering 51% Berman Leasing 49% American Photocopy 46% Helene Curtis 45% American Crystal Sugar 42% Technical Materiel 41% Wesco Financial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street: Winners & Losers | 1/15/1965 | See Source »

...weekly. Shortly before the Warner chain felt the depression, Spyros went into partnership with Paramount (salary: $156,000 a year). As boss of its Fox Metropolitan Theaters in Manhattan, he turned a $1,000,000 annual loss into a $200,000 profit. From there he went to manage Wesco Corp., the holding company for all Fox theaters. Gradually Wesco expanded, changed its name to National Theaters. Two years ago, Spyros moved into his present job, and Wendell Willkie became board chairman. Charlie moved up to boss National Theaters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Hands Across the Sea | 6/5/1944 | See Source »

...George as financier, Spyros as promoter and Charles as showman, they again began expanding. They leased many a theatre in the East from Fox on a 26-year basis, a few from Paramount. Last week they completed a deal by which they will manage the 550 theatres of the Wesco group. Chief assistant to Spyros Skouras will be Lester J. Ludwig, formerly in charge of the Finkelstein and Ruben theatres for Paramount-Publix. Only Fox Theatres still being operated by the Fox Company are some "de luxe" houses and the Poli chain in New England. Stock-holders heard with alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Interregnum in Hollywood | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...Film Corp. and Wesco Corp. (Pacific Coast theatres), making a total of 295 theatres under William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mergers Everywhere | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

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