Word: sellers
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...from federal investigators, who are investigating corruption in the Hughes Nevada operation. Huge kickbacks, it was said, were received on the purchases of old and largely worthless Nevada mining properties, for which Hughes had paid $2,000,000 more than they were worth. In another deal, one prospective seller was asked for a $250,000 payoff in return for persuading the boss to buy a piece of land on the Las Vegas Strip. Payments were demanded from entertainers who performed at Hughes' hotels, and from others who were offered Hughes' business...
...memoirs. To the few visitors he received at Colombey, De Gaulle said: "I will finish three books, if God grants me life." The Renewal, Volume I of the projected three-volume Memoirs of Hope, appeared six weeks ahead of schedule in October, and immediately became the fastest seller in French publishing history. Last week De Gaulle was working on the third chapter of the second book, which was due to be published late next year. As usual, he dictated to his secretary from notes, frequently staring out the window at La Boisserie's ancient trees while searching for details...
Sunday, "Love Story" headed the best-seller list for the 29th consecutive week, a new record. And yesterday, the largest single printing since the invention of moving type-4.5 million copies of "Love Story" in paperback-became available for public consumption...
...calls a "smash-bang-wallop" fashion. After a week's tour of Scandinavia, the group knocked out its first ragged LP in 15 hours. The group's spontaneity and free-floating blues improvisations struck a responsive chord among the young, and the LP became a million-dollar seller...
...linked to a computer. A client can consult Instinct's "offer file" for any of 1,550 stocks by punching keys on his teletype, which prints out a list. If a buyer spots an offer he wants, he can instruct the computer to connect him with a potential seller to dicker over the terms. To preserve the coveted anonymity, both parties are identified only by coded numbers. A deal is closed when a trader pushes the teletype's "accept" button. Instinct began operating last December, and this year its 25 subscribers (mostly banks) hive made 500 trades involving...