Word: broker
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Manhattan for refusing to answer questions in the bankruptcy case of Sonora Products Co. In the Philadelphia city directory are 132 Biddies, of whom 70 are in the local social register. Most famed living Biddies: retired Banker Alexander, onetime Boxer Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr., Major Charles J., War ace, Broker Craig Sr., Artist George, Explorer Nicholas...
...college student's father gloomed in Chicago last week. He was James J. Harrington, rich real estate broker. His son James J. Jr., 20, had been suspended from Northwestern University as a ringleader in a "Hobo Day" riot. Said Father Harrington: "If Jack is out of school, as he seems to be, he will have to go to work. He can stay at home if he wants to. but he'll have to pay board. I'm through supporting him." A $3000 automobile he had given his son was to be sold. Jack, said he, had been a fine...
...sports-page public of the U. S. knows by this time that Harvard's Barry Wood is tall (6 ft. 1 in.), slim (173 lb.), a Phi Beta Kappa. He has dark hair, dark eyes, looks like his father, a Harvard 1902 Boston cotton broker and Harvard trustee who likes squash, tennis, golf. Like many of Harvard's famed athletes-Ben and Bill Ticknor, Charlie Cunningham, recent Hallowells and Saltonstalls-Barry Wood was schooled at Milton, where his football coach was onetime Harvard Quarterback Charlie Buell. A year out West made him rugged enough for college football, which...
...system: Most brokers announced before the General Election that they thought the National Government would win a majority of 210 seats. Pessimists who "sold" (bet) one pound against this majority lost a pound for each seat that the National Government's majority went above 210, and it went to 557. Optimists who "bought" won fantastic sums as the Government's prodigious total swelled. For example a Miss Anne Simms, stock exchange typist, who bought one ?5 unit, won ?1,735 or over $6,000 on her $19.50 bet. For such bets Nov. 10 is settlement day. Numerous broker...
...Then Broker Whitney rehearsed the practical value of short selling: it was a cushion under any market, since every short seller was a potential buyer. "This is especially true in times of crisis when other people hesitate to buy and the short sellers represent the purchasing power which prevents the market from becoming demoralized...