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...quarter. G.M. set another record: its $605 million tax set-aside for the first nine months of 1950 was the biggest tax bill in corporate history, and more than the total profits of the entire U.S. steel industry in 1949. G.M.'s extra dividend during the quarter helped boost the net of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., which owns 22% of G.M. stock, to $96 million, v. $49 million a year...
...many another businessman needed no urging to boost prices...
Following the performance in Sanders Theatre, the class of '52 will take charge of the dance and refreshments in Memorial Hall. Sophomores will take over promotions and dorm stunts to boost ticket sales, while the freshmen will sell programs and flowers for the evening...
...Hear This ... In Pelham, N.Y., School Superintendent William W. Fairclough refused to accept a salary boost of $3,100 a year, insisted that he was already well-paid...
Steelmakers are practically certain they will have to boost steel prices after Philip Murray's C.I.O. Steel Workers get their raise. In San Francisco last week, at the annual meeting of the California Manufacturers Association, U.S. Steel Corp.'s President Benjamin F. Fairless did a little spadework in preparation for the rise...