Word: marketeers
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Scotland Yard last fortnight announced that, with such a thief at large, extra precautions were being taken to guard the treasures of Buckingham Palace. Scotland Yard added the following: the logical, probable market for the lady's sale would be the U. S.; "There are plenty of American millionaires who would pay $50,000 for a picture they knew to be worth far more-and ask no questions...
...listed the stock of a company engaged in manufacturing patented egg-containers. Another operates whaling vessels. Others make camel's hair goods, fountain pens, soft drinks, clocks, sheets, bathing suits. But never until last week was a company, devoted entirely to peanuts, represented upon a New York stock market. The peanut came to Wall Street with the listing on the Curb of Tom Huston Peanut...
Last week Austin Motor Car Co. was said to be three months behind in production and there were signs of other intrusions upon the U. S. automobile market...
Chemical Reabsorption. One of the last investment trusts to be launched on the bull tides of last summer was Chemical National Associates, Inc., formed in September by Chemical Bank & Trust Co. interests. Last week Chemical Bank an nounced plans for absorbing the holding company, whose market value is down less than $2 from last year's offering price and whose portfolio consists mostly of prime bonds and acceptances, few common stocks. Before the deal goes through, however, Chemical National Associates non-voting stock will be made voting, its owners polled...
...shares of Fox Film, could not account for the proceeds from 1,000 Grigsby-Grunow. His attitude coincided with that of his attorney who said: "The charges are a thousand miles from grand larceny." Reticent about himself, Wolf Lamar continued uttering such ultimatums as: "It is a bull market today and bear operators will be crucified...