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...planets on their own axes is slightly wobbly, made so by the gravity of their satellites, or moons. Earth and Neptune each have one moon. Mars has two, Uranus four, Saturn and Jupiter each nine. All the moons, like their planets, are visible by reflected Sun light. They move around their planets in the same direction as the planets turn on their polar axes. Exceptions are Saturn's moon called Phoebe and one of Jupiter's. Jupiter may have, also, a second contrary moon...
...were two items. First was the raising of crude prices by Standard of California, then by other producers of the State. Second was the upholding of the California natural gas conservation law by the Superior Court of Los Angeles. Both actions may have far-reaching effects. Standard's move, first advance in California since August 1928, was said to be in the nature of a reward for producers who have cooperated in curtailing production, but it started reports that other fields will follow. In any case the ultimate effect will be to help the caster; markets, now suffering from...
Rock Island-'Frisco. The first major move by Dillon, Read & Co. in the railroad field was their obtaining control of the Seaboard Air Line. Last week it was revealed that the firm controls about 11% of the outstanding stock of Rock Island and a large block of St. Louis & San Francisco, which controls Rock Island. Foreseen: a Rock Island-'Frisco merger...
Indications last night seemed to point to a continuation of the fight inasmuch as the reply of the University seemed not to satisfy the group of alumni. who, it is understood, are planning another move in the near future...
During 1929 a great merger wave swept through U. S. banking, causing special activity in Manhattan where many a big combine was effected. With the stockmarket break, an abrupt end came to the move, its finale being the collapse of the National City-Corn Exchange merger. Last week there were rumors of another deal of first magnitude, and bankers predicted that the merger wave will soon be in full force again...