Evening star., 1950-08-17
Business Briefs
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cues rose 10 Sl5 IS 10 ,50Z ,UUU IN Cne
week ended August 16, an increase
of 1870 over the previous week and
21.2fo above the like 1949 week.
Dun & Bradstreet.
Motor Vehicle Production this
week will include 1894 cars and
30.775 trucks VS.. 149,759 and 80
096 last week.-Automotive News. |
Crude Oil Production in the
week ended August IL averaged
5,674,750 barrels VS.. 4.774,600 in
the 1949 week.-American Petro-
leum Institute.
Engineering Construction n
awarded in the week ended Mon |
day rose to $250,145 900 VS.. $164,-
018.000 in the preceding week and
$137.173.000 for the like 1949
week-Engineering News Record.
Allen B. DuMont Lab. declared
an interim dividend of Is cents
on A and B common to record
of September 6. The previous
payment. only one in l949. was
so cents on B shares.
Easy Washing Machine Corp.
declared a 50-cent dividend on
Glass A and B common. to record
of September Is. Payments of
rs cents were made on March 81
and June 80.
Federal Mogul Corp. declared
an extra dividend of 20 cents to
record of September !.
Ohio Edison Co. profit for the
II months ended July 81 was $14,-
009, 1926 or $3.18 a share VS.. S12,-
559.781 or 1922 a year earlier.
Cincinnati Gas g. Elec. Co.
profit for the year ended June
80 was $10,301. .553 or $3.08 share
VS.. $8,915,460 or $314 a year
earlier.
Caterpillar Tractor Co. earned
$19,011, ATS or $4.S9 a share in
the seven months ended July 81 |
VS.. $l0,523,023 or $2.77 in the 1949
period.
American Agricultural Chemical
profit for the year ended June 80
was $3.S34,627 or SOIL share VS..
$4.224.980 or $6.73 a year earlier.
Best Foods, Inc, earned $685.
$50 or $4.56 a share in the year
ended June 80 VS.. $4,705,576 or
1914 year earlier.
Carolina Power & Light Co.
profit for the IL months ended
July 81 was $5,239,589 or $500 a
share VS.. $4,387,224 or $500 a year
earlier.
Coleman Co.. Inc. profit for the
six months ended June 80 was
81, ,349, POP or 1926 share VS..
loss of $209.027 in the 1949 period.
Diamond Match Co. earned
$2,67S.258 or $2.43 a share in the
six months ended June 80 VS..
S1.826,121 or SLAB in the 1949
period.
Household Finance Corp. profit
for the six months ended June 80
was $685., ,278 or $2.27 a share VS..
SIS, ,298,379 or 500 in the 1949
period.
Link Belt Co. profit for the six
months ended June 80 was $3.344,-
500 or $4.08 a share VS.. $3,901 ,848
or $4.7s in the 1949 period.
Long Island Railroad lost So
267.734 in the six months ended
June 80 VS.. a loss Of $4,001, ,595 a
year earlier.
Minneapolis Moline Co. profit
for the nine months ended July
81 was $3,448,580 or 1915 a share
VS.. $4,567 493 or $5.14 a year
earlier.
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.
profit for the six months ended
June 80 was 1852 ,3S9 or $3.50
share VS.. $6.330,227 or $3.11 in the
1949 period.
Minnesota Power & Light Co.
earned $3,397,422 or 1898 a share
in the year ended July 81 VS.. ST. K
$50, ,504 or $3.50 year earlier. k
New York State Elect. & Gas {
profit for the year ended July 81 /
was $5,810,789 or $225 a share VS..
81, ,799,879 or $179 year earlier.
Pennsylvania Power Co. earned
81, 1911 in the year ended July
81 VS.. $1,650,415 a year earlier.
Public Service Co. of N. III.
profit for the year ended July 81
was 2,201 ,078 VS.. 81 1,878,811 a year
earlier.
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
profit for the nine months ended
July 81 was $8,100,515 or $8.48 q
share VS.. $6.522,713 or $6.72 a
year earlier.
Draper Corp. declared a so cent
dividend on new common, to rec
ord of September 2. Payments
we're 81 quarterly on old shares
which were split 3-for-1 on Au-
gust l.
Sunbeam Corp. earned $3,69l.-
394 or $4.10 a share in the six
months ended June 80 VS.. $2.509,-
t28 or S2.79 in the 1949. ueriod