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...share, it shot to 70¼. Then, for the next three weeks, it sank steadily to a low of 59½. Thus many traders found themselves continually selling Ford at a loss. As Ford hit the big board last week, many over-the-counter houses were glad to be rid...
...diesel locomotives in service. It is the world's largest overall producer of diesel engines; G.M.'s Frigidaire is the biggest maker of refrigerators. Last week the Justice Department said that it was mulling over the filing of an antitrust suit to force G.M. to get rid of its bus-building division, which has increased its share of the market from 28% to nearly 80% since 1946, while six of eight major competitors left the field. Trustbuster Barnes has hinted that General Motors Acceptance Corp., the world's biggest auto financing organization, had better be turned loose...
...analytical method is valuable in making us aware of the meanings concealed by our stock reactions, Muir said. It was especially valuable in getting rid of superfluous romantic notions earlier in the century, he said...
...Jasper is blasted from the earth, crushed to powder, washed to rid it of some impurities, then mixed into a special oil solution that floats the fine particles of iron to the surface. They are concentrated into small pellets by centrifuge...
...entire operation presupposes, however, that the city wants to get rid of its slums. This is not always true, and it is especially unlikely when it is a small city, run by the voters and not the business interests. It is hard for many to visualize big business boosting better government, but this tends to be the case...