Business & Finance: Earnings: Mar. 11, 1929

As a line of jetsam along a beach shows how high the tide has been, so earnings of representative U. S. corporations measure the tide of U. S. prosperity. Last week many a corporation report showed 1928 figures well eclipsing statistics for 1927, testified eloquently to the soundness and growth of U. S. business.

Radio Corp. Dealing in those luxuries of life which U. S. standards of living have made almost necessities, Radio Corp. of America reported approximately an even 100 million dollars of gross earnings. Net income was $22,802,000, almost twice its 1927...

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