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The article discusses business-related issues as of November 1924. A school was organized by one of the largest industrial enterprises in the U.S. for its executives. Railroad leaders are holding importance negotiations to combine all Eastern railroads into four gigantic systems built around the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio. The Bank of Italy establishes a system for rotating its presidents every five years.

You can't rule out reciprocity, but you can't give in to it either. Here is a proposed method of handling it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the changes that are taking place in business in Great Britain. From the opinion of a leading American management consultant, British business is changing in terms of attitude, structure, and operational methods. Pointed out in this article is the adoption of Britain's companies and industries of the American ideas and techniques. Peter Runge, vice president of the Confederation of British Industry, is saying fundamental change is in the air.

The article focuses on the reasons behind business enterprises finding more uses for nonprofit foundations. It is stated that nonprofits are flexible institutions that can be set up in different ways, for many different purposes. It discusses the benefits for business enterprises to put money in philanthropic causes and supporting the foundations.

This section offers news briefs about business and economy worldwide. Business situation in Great Britain is characterized as depressed, despite the slight improvement of individual commodities. In Germany, Reichsbank could follow international trends by reducing bank rates. A new tariff could be implemented in Argentina following the move of the finance minister to appoint a committee of customs appraisers.

This article discusses the new and diverse line of companies that have materialized in the postwar period and whether their emergence signal the start of a new era in U.S. business. It introduces these companies as "polyglots," depicts them in detail, and presents the factors that led to their appearance. It then lists down the advantages and disadvantages that the diversification being offered by these polyglots offer and how these factors will play out in the long run. It then states that the federal government treats polyglots as products of mergers.

The article discusses important aspects surrounding direct-selling companies in the U.S. as of December 1929. It says that practical-minded direct-selling firms have learned not to rely too much on the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. According to the author, a Direct Selling Federation was organized in response to the weaknesses and shortcomings of direct selling. The special importance of direct selling in the nursery business and the reason why it can be problematic to define direct selling are also discussed.

Two letters to the editor are presented in response to the editorial "Mammoth Industry With Mammoth Problems" in the July 15, 1967 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about companies.

The article reports on the slowdown of business activity in Europe following England's abandonment of the gold standard. Observation of market trends shows the abandonment of the gold standard by other countries including Sweden, Denmark ad Norway, as well as the demand for the stability of the British pound within given margins resulting from fluctuations of sterling and its disruptive effect on trade. Another consequence of the abandonment of the gold standard is the increase in tariffs and the redraw of outstanding bills of European exporters.

This section offers business news briefs in the U.S. British insurance companies Commercial Union Assurance and North British & Mercantile Insurance considered merger to offset losses in the U.S. Colgate-Palmolive Co. is planning to enter the drug business. The Supreme Court held unanimously that corporations indicted on Sherman Act antitrust charges cannot escape liability by dissolving.