Word: witter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...phosphates clean best and brightest, the new brands could presage a return to the old tattletale-gray washes. Still, in only six months or so the phosphate-free products have captured 3% of the market. Says Hercules A. Segalas, a leading analyst of soap-industry stocks at William D. Witter, Inc.: "People figure they can't do much about most pollution. But buying phosphate-free detergents gives them the feeling that they are keeping the water cleaner...
...Indonesia, among them Natomas and Asamera, are more speculative. No one can yet tell what their rigs eventually may turn up, and that very mystery excites investors. Volatile Natomas, the biggest gainer of all, recently has been traded so heavily that Paul Hayes, oil analyst at William D. Witter Inc., calls the stock "a football being tossed back and forth by the funds...
...rash of merger discussions; strong firms are trying to acquire weaker ones, and undercapitalized houses are wooing those that are better financed. During the 15 months ending April 1, the number of New York Stock Exchange member firms declined from 646 to 612, largely through mergers. Recently, Dean Witter & Co. agreed to take over San Francisco-based J. Barth & Co., and Clark, Dodge acquired the West Coast brokerage firm of Irving Lundborg & Co. Last week Halle & Stieglitz announced that it would take over five offices of Orvis Brothers & Co. in the Manhattan area, and Charles Plohn & Co. said that...