FORTUTNE IN A DAY
A £300,000 GAMBLE. NEW YORK, August 6. William C. Durant is credited with making £300,000 in yesterday’s rise ol General Motors, which continued soaring to-day to 194. United States Steel also went to a new record. Two years ago Durant lost a fortune in motors, but never lost fatih, and today ho is declared to be worth £20,000,000. . ■ J The six months’ earnings of United States Steel is officially shown at £lB,400,000, and the General Motors profits £18,600,000,
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Evening Star, Issue 19329, 16 August 1926, Page 6
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82FORTUTNE IN A DAY Evening Star, Issue 19329, 16 August 1926, Page 6
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