Business: Business Notes, May 24, 1926

Fisher Body of General Motors.

At last General Motors, which for seven years has owned 60% of Fisher Body stock (TIME, May 10), will have full possession of the latter. Last week Fisher Body minority stockholders decided to trade in on the basis of one and a half of their shares for one G. M. share.

5,000,000. Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet, Oakland, Pontiac,* Oldsmobile, G.M.C. TruckĀ— General Motors makes them all. Last week this corporation sold its 5,000,000th motor vehicle and simultaneously marked the 1,002,285th car sale during the last twelvemonth. It took them nine years to sell their first 1,000,000, nine years to...

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