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Dates: during 1950-1959
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More in sorrow than in anger, steelmen stomped into the Senate caucus room last week. They were not there, as one of them said, to defend the latest boost in the price of steel (TIME, Dec. 26); they didn't think they had to. But they wanted to explain it to the Joint Committee on the Economic Report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Push-Button Profits? | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...nine months of 1949. As for dividends, said he, over the past 27 years they have averaged only 1.6% of the asset value of J. & L. stock. To give stockholders a fair return of 8% under present tax allowances for depreciation, Moreell figures that J. & L. would have to boost prices another $17 a ton. (He told newsmen later that he was not thinking of raising prices at the moment, but "just as soon as competition will permit it, damned if I'm not going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Push-Button Profits? | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...boost the yield per tree, Cowgill applied techniques that growers of other major crops have used for years-selected breeding, crossbreeding and grafting. His advice to planters is simple: keep a production record on several trees and plant the seeds from the highest producers. His conservative estimate is that adoption of this procedure would triple production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Improving the Breed | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

...Rate Battle. Last year, when production rose to 87,000 sets, Hallicrafters grossed $15.5 million. To meet the expected demand for his new rectangular-tube set, Halligan last week leased extra factory space, planned to boost his 1950 production 95% to 170,000 sets, and to cut prices. His rectangular 16-in.-screen mahogany table model was tagged at $279.95, or $40 cheaper than last year's round-tube model...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW PRODUCTS: Squaring the Circle | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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