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...billion-and-a-half charter for the Standard Oil Co. of California. This re-formation of the California company is considered only the prelude to enormous Coast oil activities. On Feb. 26 the stockholders of the Pacific Oil Co. will meet to consider proposals on reducing that concern's capital stock of $92,000,000 to $1,750,000. The directors will also suggest a merger with the Standard Oil Co. of California into a new company which will acquire the assets of both. Stock of the new company will be exchanged share for share for stock...
Hereafter, it was announced last week by Henry J. Fuller, Chairman, of the Board and President of Rolls-Royce of America, Inc., the concern will go out for a greater share of the U. S. high-priced-car market. On Jan. 1 it acquired Brewster & Co., famed Long Island City makers of fine motor bodies, which gives the combined firms a payroll of 1,600 employes. These will expand to 5,000 or 6,000 in 1926, President Fuller confidently expects...
Womanhandled. When Gloria Swanson was making Manhandled at the Famous Players studio, some one suggested that "Woman-handled" would be a good title for a picture. Certain members of the concern held up their hands in tasteful protest but the notion persisted. This is the picture and indeed much better than the title deserves. It is a light comedy about steam heat and tennis courts on the erstwhile supposedly primitive ranches of the West. Richard Dix, good actor, is the star...
...special corps of 200 accountants had told Mr. Dillon that the N. C. R. Co. concern possessed assets of 41 millions, exclusive of patent rights which were nominally set at $1, and of good will which was not reckoned at all; that it had an annual business of 40 millions (85% of the world's cash register orders); that its 900,000 shares of common stock profited $40.69 per share last year after 7% had been paid on 9½ millions worth of preferred; that there was no funded debt...
...chief assets. Barton was a telegraph operator, who put $400 into the business by mortgaging his mother's house. In 1872 the original partnership of Gray & Barton reorganized as the Western Electric Manufacturing Co. In 1881 this was re-christened the Western Electric Co. In 1882 the concern began manufacturing telephone equipment for the Bell system...