Business & Finance: Steel's Extra Dividend

Financial opinion, impressed with the severity of the current steel slump, was dubious regarding the showing which the U. S. Steel Corporation would make during the second quarter of 1924. When recently the results of operation for the three months ending June 30, 1924, were announced, however, a more optimistic attitude was prompted. During this period, net earnings of the Steel Corporation were $41,381,039, or $3.44 on each common share, compared with net of $50,075,445 for the first quarter of 1924 and $47,858,181 in the...

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