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The article features Eric Vansittart Bowater, the British owner of Bowaters Southern Paper Corp. who had built a 60 million U.S. dollars newsprint and pulp mill in Calhoun, Tennessee. So far, the mill represents the biggest manufacturing investment by a British company in the U.S. Bowater is described as a man with a huge faith in newspapering throughout the world. He expects great growth in Britain once restrictions on log and pulp imports are loosened. Bowater's personal and career history are discussed.

The article reports on the competition between Daily Mirror Group and Odhams Press Ltd. in the magazine industry in Great Britain. It mentions that the profit from printed advertising amounts to 288 million dollars which makes the competition fierce. It highlights the appointment of chief editors at the two entities which include Sir Christopher Chancellor for Odhams and Eileen Ascroft Cudlipp for Daily Mirror.

The article examines the condition of the advertising industry in the U.S. in 1943. It states that radio networks and business papers reported gains in the said year, but total newspaper linage and total magazine and farm paper revenue dropped 5.4% and two percent, respectively. It notes that in Great Britain, the government has become the leading advertiser when newspaper advertising has dropped 40%, but in the U.S., the government allows manufacturers and retailers promote war bonds.

The article focuses on the management by Roy H. Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet, as he takes over the newspaper "Times of London" given by the Royal Monopolies Commission in Great Britain. It says that Thomson of Thomson Organisation Ltd. wants diversification in the company such as acquiring Commonwealth's trade publications and settling on communications to make a profit. It states that Thomson works in capital structure and balance sheet terms and brought modernization in the newspaper.

The article focuses on the British coal shortage, which was worsened by the winter weather in Great Britain in 1947. The British government, where the Labor Party was the majority, retained its nationalization of coal mining in the country to stabilize the British economy and its coal reserves. The coal shortage had allegedly hampered the efforts of Great Britain to export coal to other nations and finance its domestic reconstruction program, which was worth about 50 billion U.S. dollars.

The article discusses the latest economic and political developments in Great Britain's colonial territories as January 1947. It cites the White Paper that contains Great Britain's colonial mining policy including the compulsory acquisition of mineral rights for the country, limitations on mining leases and direct government management on mines. The mineral-producing colonies of Great Britain include Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and Cyprus.

The article reports that the cocoa policy of Great Britain which was submitted as a White Paper to Parliament signals the possibility for the continuation of a one-agency sale of cocoa after World War II. It mentions that the distribution of the product to U.S. importers and importing manufacturers was by quotas based on previous trade. It affirms that Great Britain has accumulated unprecedented backlog of cocoa supply as opposed to the dwindling stocks in the U.S.

The article reports on the debate of British economists about the value of Great Britain's membership in the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1971. It says that the White Paper committee was roundly criticized for giving to many disadvantage about the country joining the Common Market and officials are producing concrete evidence about the benefits of EEC membership. It also includes the views of anti-EEC and economist, Nicholas Kaldor.

The article offers information on the policy adopted by Great Britain according to which the wages would only increase upto 2.5 percent in 1962.

The article offers information on H.J. Heinz Co. It states that, the company, which is successfully running its operations in many countries including, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia, is expanding its business into the common market of Europe. It also discusses the growth of the foreign operations of H.J. Heinz Co., that started with a small investment.

The article provides information on the strategies of Bank of England that makes the company first design changes its currency since 1928 in Great Britain. It states that engineers, chemists and physicists have used two-mile-long reels of paper to turn each distinct serial number of finished products in a continuous operation. Moreover, the bank has designed geometric-lathe work to delicate tracery of fine regular lines with multiple crossing points for counterfeiting.

The article discusses issues concerning the finances of King Edward VIII of Great Britain. Although the allowance to be allotted for the King is considered similar to the budget given to previous rulers, concerns regarding the possible restoration of the pre-economic depression allowance are emphasized. The expectations of the Parliament on how the King will spend his earnings are outlined including household salaries and expenses. It is also stressed that the King will not be restricted on how he will spend his money.

The article focuses on the installment financing or the hire-purchase and the personal loan banking services in Great Britain. It cites that compared with the U.S., Britain's hire purchase is still a small business but growing fast with the increase in the hire-purchase houses. The personal loan service is offered by British banks to those bank customers with high credit rating, with no collateral and at 5% rate a year.

The article focuses on the White Paper published by the British government which asserts that the People's Progressive Party government in Guiana was actively formenting strikes. The move is expected to undermine police loyalty, allow free entry to Communists and intimidate assembly at Georgetown. Most Americans believe that the incident in Guiana represents the threat of communism in the Western Hemisphere. It claims that strong-arm measures were not calculated to encourage democracy.

The article offers information on legislation proposed by the British government at the House of Commons to ban the collective price-fixing and other cartel devices. It states that the proposal is to strengthen the British industries and make them more competitive domestically and internationally. It mentions that the proposed legislation aims at reducing the inflation.

The article reports on the move of the two companies from Great Britain, Southern Paper Corp. and Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co., toward the expansion of their business in the areas of the U.S.

The article reports on efforts by Australian tycoon Rupert Murdoch to rejuvenate the British publishing industry by focusing on improving profits and fighting excessive demands from newspapers unions. Murdoch, who has bought "News of the World" and "Sun," faces wage demands by "Sun" journalists and a strike notice. The growth of "Sun" after its acquisition by Murdoch and Murdoch's News Ltd. publishing empire in Australia are described.

The article focuses on the outlook for U.S. foreign policy. U.S. position for a Pacific Union is explained in relation to priority given to Europe. Decisions subsequent to the release of the China White Paper are presented together with suggestions from Great Britain for order in Southeast Asia. Plans of the International Monetary Fund to restore drawing rights to Marshall Plan countries are examined as well as the signs of solid prosperity in France. The effect of the Commonwealth agreement on trade between India and Great Britain are also evaluated.

The article reports on an order by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson of withdrawal in its military forces at bases east of Suez in northeastern Egypt, reduced role for navy and purchase of U.S. military equipment in February 1966. It mentions that despite the military action plan, the British government promises to support the efforts of the U.S. in world defense. Wilson also ordered a halt in the construction of a proposed aircraft carrier due for service in 1973.

The article reports that importers in Great Britain have called the attention of the British Tariff Commission to the fact that Britishers who are importing certain types of machine tools, dairy machinery, textile machines, and paper making equipment, are still paying duties despite the government's decision to lift the tariff from these items.

The article reports a regulation enforced in Great Britain in 1940, requiring its citizens in cities having 10,000 or more populations to salvage tincans, papers, and other waste materials, which, according to the English periodical "The Economist," would result to substantial savings compared to the 2,000 tons of steel saved by Germany upon omitting sardine tin openers.

The article comments on the business and employment plans of the U.S. and Great Britain after the World War II. It mentions that the U.S. federal government focuses on the removal of the direct labor discriminations against risk-taking which have developed in its tax system. According to the author, the postwar thinking in Great Britain is that its government should help control the business cycle and trends if full employment is to be maintained.

The article offers information on the efforts of British Minister of Transport, Barbara Castle, to enhance coordination of vital transport systems in the country.

The article presents information on IBM United Kingdom Ltd.'s (IBM-UK) new plant in Inverkip, Scotland. It is stated that for International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), IBM-UK's parent, Inverkip will serve as base for entering the markets of Great Britain. Scottish Industrial Estates (SIE) has said that it would build a plant to IBM specifications and rent it at a quarter of normal rates, along with a 20-year option to buy.

The article reports on how British Ford Motor Co. averted a strike by a compromise in October 1961 on wages, hours, and a tea break. The company refuses to negotiate with any one union separately on wage demand due to the fact that it has four pay scales that apply uniformly to all occupations under its hourly rated labor force. In response to a wage increase demand by its 22 unions, the company offered a general wage increase of one and a half pence for all workers.

The article offers an update on business worldwide as of July 1931. European stock markets increased between 9% to 20% due to a debt plan by U.S. President Herbert Hoover known as the Hoover Plan. The new economic measures launched by Poland include reductions in salary of government employees. Business conditions in Great Britain have improved due to enhanced world outlook. In Japan, the value of stocks continued to increase while prices of silk reached a record high.

The article discusses the emergence of the Algerian rebellion as a major problem of the Western world and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1957. The U.S. and Great Britain are finding it difficult to support the French Algerian policy on military and diplomatic levels. The image of the two countries among the French is expected to be negatively affected by their move to pressure France to address the Algerian problem. French officials are said to be preparing for an attack on their policy at the NATO meeting.

The article focuses on the efforts of Canada's new Conservative leaders to shift economy closer to Great Britain and away from the U.S. It says that the Tories, led by Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker, are discussing a shift of 660 million dollars off the 4.1 billion dollar American sales in the nation and to the 706 million British sales to Canada. It states that the new government plans to legislate against excessive importation of U.S. money to keep Canada in command of its own growth.

The article reports on the impending launching of commercial television in Great Britain in September 1955. The monopoly of television by the British Broadcasting Co. (BBC) will be broken and the four new commercial television networks will be supervised by the Independent Television Authority (ITA). Television advertising expectations, speculations on the response of television audiences, and prospects for Associated Broadcasting Co., Associated-Rediffusion, Granada and a fourth network are discussed.

The article reports that the recent decision taken by Spain to develop nuclear power has led Great Britain and the U.S. to enrich uranium. At present both of these countries are not allowed by their atomic agencies to enrich this element for any foreign country. But it is believed that due to business reasons both the U.S's Atomic Energy Commission and Britain's Atomic Energy Authority will make some changes in their rules so as to allow them to enrich the nuclear fuel for Spain.

The article focuses on the support of British heavy vehicle and automobile makers for the merger between Leyland Motors Ltd. and Standard-Triumph International. The 56-million U.S. dollar takeover went through in May 1961, which would expand the British motor industry, but would not have a significant effect on the ranking of the major automobile manufacturers in the world. The problems faced by Standard-Triumph International are cited.

The article focuses on the accomplishments of Mirror Group PLC, publishers of the sex-sensation and politics tabloids "Sunday Pictorial" and "Daily Mirror." It says that the merger of Mirror group and Odhams Press Ltd. has created 280 million dollars assets which top the gross of the largest publishing enterprise in the U.S. which is the Time Inc. It adds that the merger resulted to the tight competition in Great Britain which ended in the victory of Mirror Group chairman Cecil Harmsworth King.

The article reports that the British government has decided not to impose a 10% duty on copper upon the pressures by influential members of the London Metal Exchange and Canadian copper producers.

The article discusses the shifts in trends in British advertising as of July 11, 1942. The author reports that British advertising agency Lord & Thomas invited the press to question William B.B. Fergusson, managing director of the London office of Lord & Thomas, to discuss the changes in British advertising since the outset of World War II. Fergusson stressed that newspapers have always been the leading advertising media in Great Britain.

The article presents information on the development of hydrogen fusion programs by the scientists of U.S. and Great Britain. In response to the technical details, British scientists successfully claimed the controlling fusion of hydrogen atoms by producing useful quantities of electric power from fusion. Further it reports on the development of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus (ZETA) device, and the testing of U.S. projects including Columbus II, Columbus S-4, and Perhapsatron S-3.

The article reports that Canadians are expecting nearly 1,000,000,000 dollars for mutual aid in the fiscal year, 1945-1946, from the Parliament of Canada. It states that the more money Parliament will lend for mutual aid in war supplies, the more Canadian dollars Great Britain will have for purchasing non-war goods in Canada. It mentions munitions and industrial items, whose shipments were made in the last fiscal year, including 767 aircrafts and 1,000 naval and cargo vessels.

The article discusses several differences between the retail sector (RS) in the U.S. and in Great Britain. In the U.S., the government has never allowed price maintenance while in Great Britain it is enforced by horizontal combinations of manufacturers and traders. In addition, average annual sales per store in the U.S. are about 94,000 dollars but in Great Britain average sales are about 27,000 dollars. Signs of improvements in British RS after it experienced no growth due to war, rationing and cartels are also discussed.

The article presents information on a dilemma facing the government of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in relation to the plan of the country's 65,000 dock workers to go on strike in December 1964 unless their wage claim is settled. Amid the said crisis, Wilson appointed a committee of inquiry whose task will be to come up with a recommendation on the pay dispute. It mentions the criticism made by the 1962 Rochdale committee of inquiry on employers and port authorities for antiquated equipment and inefficient methods.

The article discusses the effectiveness of Great Britain's unemployment insurance model for the U.S. The actual result of the Britain's model has confused the Industrial Relations Counselors Inc. which is studying the model. Britain's unemployment costs only 10 percent of its total social service. The study highlights the factor of uneven distribution of the insurance burden and benefits among the industries.

The article reports on the economic conflict of six-nation Common Market (European Economic Community) and another group of six nations that failed to include the proposed Free Trade Area (FTA) to the Common Market. It mentions that this conflict has been developing for months, with France and Great Britain constantly debating as the respective leaders of the Common Market and FTA. It cites that France did not accepted the FTA for political and economic reasons.

The article focuses on the spray steelmaking technique that has been devised by the British Iron & Steel Research Association (BISRA). The process is said to reduce the investment involved in the latest oxygen procedures in commercial use. BISRA says that the process will make steel production continous from the raw material stage to the semifinished product. The process has been put to experimental use by Millom Hematite Ore & Iron Co. Ltd.

This section offers news briefs concerning international business, including Great Britain's launch of sea-going trade fairs to boost exports, expected hike in oil tariffs in the U.S. and Aluminum Co. of Canada planning to build a factory in British Columbia.

The article announces that Hugh Gaitskell has been appointed minister of Economic Affairs in Great Britain in 1950.

The article reports on the result of the nationalization plan of Prime Minister Harold Wilson for the steel industry in Great Britain. Wilson is planning to nationalize 14 largest steel producers in the country and place them under the protection of the National Steel Corp., which is controlled by the government. He contends that a national steel corporation can formulate measures to make the country's role in the industry better than the privately owned concerns.

The article offers information on the incomes policy, a scheme launched by Minister of Economic Affairs George Brown to link wages and prices to productivity in Great Britain. It mentions that the policy will start in April or May 1965 when the National Board for Prices and Income headed by Aubrey Jones will take its first case. Moreover, the board's decision will be based on criteria approved by Trades Union Congress and British employers' organization such as Federation of British Industries.

The article reports that the Brazilian government has acted to regulate its quartz crystal market to help the U.S. and Great Britain in their economic warfare against the Axis countries.

The article talks about Great Britain's new defense program announced in 1957. It says that the cuts in British conventional forces are no more than a recognition that the country can no longer play such a large role in the world. Under the defense program, the government will lessen the strain on its economy, reduce its worldwide responsibilities and convert its defenses to a nuclear pattern. In the White Paper which explained the new program, fact is stated that Britain's influence in the world depends on the health of its internal economy.

The article reports on the conditions of the commodities market in the U.S. and Great Britain in 1954.

The article reports on the results of "An International Comparison of National Products and the Purchasing Power of Currencies," which were released by income statistics expert Milton Gilbert. It says that Gilbert's report compares the U.S. national production with that of Italy, Western Germany, France and Great Britain. According to the author, it also indicates how the purchasing power of European currencies within their countries is greater than what the exchange rates show. The real investment per head in the European countries is also discussed.

The article discusses the trend towards the movement of capital from Great Britain to Canada, as of May 1953. It states that the British government is promoting investments in Canada. British Newfoundland Corp., a British development company, proposes to exploit the mining and timber resources of Newfoundland. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. also plans to construct a synthetic plant in Ontario.