Word: groupe
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Calm, dignified but surprising was an announcement made by the $1,162,000,000-in-assets Transamerica Corp. last week. It said that Transamerica's shares had been unduly depressed,† that a group of executives had formed a $20,000,000 syndicate to support the stock, that all shareholders were invited to participate in this syndicate...
...Giannini, founder of Bank of Italy whence sprang Transamerica. He said, startlingly, that the syndicate should give protection ". . . against such drives ... as have been experienced since the middle of the year 1928, at which time and since a certain California competitor has been a most active participant in the group conducting the market operations. . . . May I urge . . . stockholders to put up a united front against the enemy...
Rayon. More than 80% of the world's rayon production is controlled by a small, potent group. Members are confined to one specialty, underselling in foreign markets is prohibited. Yet last week the rayon group met in London, failed dismally to stabilize prices...
...others backed Aviation Corp. His other interests are many, include important rail-road directorates. The firm was one of the first to enter Europe after the War, made many a loan in Germany. It has been active in Polish financing, and financed Silesian zinc mines with the Anaconda group...
...group of friends gave Commander Evangeline Booth $5,000 to bid up and buy in the ball that was used for the kickoff, inscribed by President Hoover. At a convivial party on the St. Regis roof that night, to which Producers Florenz Ziegfeld and Earl Carroll sent beauteous shows girls for each & every player on the two teams, the ball was presented to Grover Aloysius ("Gardenia") Whalen, who had followed up Sport Editor Paul Gallico's lead in arranging the game...