Business & Finance: Personnel: Sep. 17, 1934

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¶When they are in Detroit, where they live in millions of dollars worth of houses and at least $1,000,000 worth of yachts, the Fisher Brothers lunch together daily. No outsider is ever admitted to these secret family councils. Last week, however, a break occurred in what, except for their brotherhood, is their most conspicuous bond—General Motors. Fred, the eldest, the richest, and the spokesman for the other six Fishers, and Charles suddenly resigned from GM to spend more time on their personal business. That left four Fishers...

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