Word: retails
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...sell large amounts of gasoline or oil products to others at wholesale. Arco, for example, which controls a large stake in Alaska's North Slope, enjoyed third-quarter earnings of $462 million, up 22% from last year. Some companies were losers because they lack major reserves but operate large retail networks of gas stations. Mobil, which buys an unusually high proportion (60%) of its crude oil from other companies, suffered a profit slump of 29%, to $379 million for the quarter...
...years. That's how long ago the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the original clackers, which were often made of ceramic. Connected by ropes, they sometimes shattered on impact. But the 1990s model is made entirely of plastic and is apparently harmless -- except to the sanity of adults. (Retail prices: $1.50 to $5.) One company to thank for this is Classic Items of Chicago. It has sold 2.5 million of its version, the Klika, since April. A Seattle company, Fascinations Toys and Gifts, has sold 900,000 of its Newton's Yo-Yo. Competition for the cacophonous market share...
...broadsheet into an editorially aggressive and graphically vibrant winner of awards, including the New England Newspaper Association's 1988 prize for the best Sunday paper of its size. But this year, as employment and house sales slowed, classified notices fell off 25%. The biggest display advertiser, the Macy's retail chain, cut its pages 15%. Overall, Register ad linage plummeted...
This is an excellent opportunity for seniors and recent alumni to explore the range of training programs in management, consulting, manufacturing, investment banking, communications, retail, teaching and many other industries. Now is your chance to find out what positions are available with which companies. Put the rumors to rest and speak first hand with company representatives. Take the opportunity to discuss their company, the competition, and the industry...
...attended the Professional Children's School in Los Angeles with the offspring of other famous people. "My life was like this kind of enviable weird thing that I spent my life apologizing for." Mother Debbie rebounded, marrying retail footwear magnate Harry Karl, who eventually drank and gambled his way through his millions and into debts large enough to swallow her fortune too. The bright starry life-style collapsed by 1972 into a Saturnian world with concentric rings of emotional pain, financial instability and psychological drama. "My mom had the breakdown for the family, and I went into therapy...