Word: tryingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Patent infringement suits were filed last week against RKO Radio Pictures. RCA Photophone, Electrical Research Products. Plaintiff was one Tri-Ergon Corp., whose president is William Fox. ¶Control of Loew's, Inc. passed last spring from Fox Film to Film Securities Corp.,the common stock of which is believed to be held by the Chase bank. Last week three places on Loew's directorate were filled by representatives of Film Securities. They were: John E. Searle, Eugene W. Leake, J. R. Hazel. At the annual meeting it was revealed that President Nicholas M. Schenck received...
...next Democratic nominee must be as Wet as he is. While Governor Roosevelt was last week getting the backing of Senator Clarence C. Dill of Washington, Mayor Cermak of Chicago was in New York hobnobbing with Tammany leaders and Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, presumably developing a tri-State Wet Democratic alliance...
President Olin's terms were simple: Western Cartridge would buy the Winchester business & plants (valued last year at $30,000,000) for $3.000,000 cash, $4,800,000 in preferred stock, $300,000 towards paying receivership expenses. Last week the Winchester reorganization committee consisting of Earle Bailie, president of Tri-Continental Corp. and partner of J. & W. Seligman & Co., and Medley G. B. Whelpley, president of American Express Bank & Trust Co., approved the offer. The plan then awaited the approval of the Federal receiver. When the deal is completed owners of Winchester first mortgage bonds will receive $50 cash...
Just as "investment trust buying" was a potent pushup factor in 1929, "investment trust selling" has been a big knock-down factor in many a stock recently. Last week Tri-Continental Corp., investment trust sponsored by J. & W. Seligman & Co., issued its third quarter report?one of the first major trusts to do so. At the same time Selected Industries, Inc., Tri-Continental supervised, published its showing. The investments of Tri-Continental Corp. had, on Sept. 30, a market value of 29 millions against a cost of 51 millions. The common stock had a book value of $2.84 against...
...purchases by Tri-Continental were confined almost exclusively to bonds and preferred stocks. Sold early in the quarter were the corporation's big foreign investments, largely in Germany...