Word: outlays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Zenith helped pioneer the development of radio, it has been inclined in recent years to let others do the costly research and development of new products. It counted on making the same products later-and better. But under Wright's prodding, Zenith has more than doubled its research outlay. One result is a new system for broadcasting stereophonic FM. Anticipating a mass switch by stereo buffs from records to radios, Zenith is preparing to produce a new line of stereo-FM radio receivers...
Almost half of the applicants (2500) requested financial aid, an increase of several hundred over last year's figure. The College has granted $425,000 worth of scholarships to approximately 350 incoming freshmen--an average outlay of 100 per scholarship student...
...company's expenditure on research and product development was increased from 3% to 5% of gross sales. As sales rose sharply through mergers and diversification, the research outlay has more than tripled to $4,500,000 a year...
...markets where a speculator can still make a killing with a small capital outlay is soybean futures-and last week even amateurs were cleaning up. An electrician walked into Bache & Co.'s Chicago office, peeled off $5,700 in $100 bills, and bought a futures contract for 40,000 bushels of soybeans by putting up only 10% of the purchase price. He sold out less than one hour later with a $1,200 profit. A Chicago real estate man invested $4,800, quit within 2½ hours while he was $1,200 ahead. A professional soybean trader made...
Despite the outcry after Sputnik, the actual outlay of the average U.S. school district is only 1.7% more per pupil than in 1958. School Management magazine, which recently invented a "Cost of Education Index," reported last week that the average district puts out 10.1% more in dollars than in 1958, but school costs have risen 8.4%. And some areas are spending less in real dollars for education than at the time Sputnik soared and critics roared...