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...filed by a Brazilian named Paulo Pereira Ignacio, who wanted to open a Coca-Cola plant in the town of Rio Preto (pop. 23,972). First of all, he had to have money to support his bride in the manner to which she was accustomed (i.e., enough capital to withstand any possible competition and to finance any possible expansion). Pereira Ignacio passed on that count-his father and he had already made millions in textiles and concrete. But the suitor must also measure up in character and honor and local reputation. When Pereira Ignacio passed on this count...
Then, in midweek, the market proved what many a wary trader had long doubted: that it could withstand a shakeout in the television shares, many of which had soared too far too fast. The shakeout was helped by reports that television's expected summer slump had already started. Although manufacturers promptly announced that they were actually increasing production, leading television shares slumped from two to four points in one day. Yet the market as a whole hardly even quivered and the next day it bounced upward again...
Bramhall, Frey Withstand Pressure...
Slichter does not expect the decline to be sharp because, among other things, the economy is better equipped than ever before to withstand contraction...
This week in Washington the National Bureau of Standards announced that mica had been successfully synthesized by three of its scientists, Dr. Herbert Insley, Alvin Van Valkenburg and Robert Pike. The new product is equal to natural mica as an insulator, far superior in its ability to withstand high temperatures...