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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1977
Page
5
AP recounts Hans Biesdorf, an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh in 1953, studying shopper behavior to save money. He aimed to apply professional purchasing discipline to grocery buying, suggesting notable savings before the consumer movement era.
Hans Biesdorf, a German immigrant and Cornell economist, argues disciplined record keeping and simple rules can slice weekly grocery costs by about 15 percent. He cites his past consumer guide and a new edition covering unit pricing, rainchecks, nutrition labels, and UPCs with a $2.50 kit mail to Cornell.
Deborah Szekely Mazzanti, founder of Golden Door and Rancho La Puerta, ties business ascent to vitality through daily exercise, balanced diet, and organized planning. She promotes 30 minutes of running daily, mindful food portions, and color coded calendars to boost productivity and growth.
Stocks show mixed results with the Dow down 2.29 to 924.02 by 2 p.m. after Wednesday's drop. Gainers outnumber losers on the NYSE by about 7 to 5 as volume reaches 16.05 million shares. NYSE composite adds 0.03 to 55.02 and the AMEX market value index rises 0.58 to 118.60.
Fragment contains scattered numbers and ticker names from a stock page including New York market references, percentages, and company symbols. Readable entities include NYSE references and various corporate abbreviations, but no cohesive event or narrative is discernible.
Arizona stock listings from the New York and American exchanges show prices for several Arizona headquartered companies and facilities. The data, sourced by Merril Lynch in Scottsdale, lists high, low, last and percent changes for multiple firms across utilities, banks, consumer goods and industrial sectors.
A dense 1977 AP market snapshot lists stock prices for many firms with values like 164: 16 and 11% changes, mentioning companies such as AustraRad Bergen Weyer, Dynkin, Bradt, and GomePt. The page shows fluctuating high lows, last prices, and percent changes with numerous abbreviations and ticker-like codes. It ends with a note on copyright and classifieds contact.
London gold at 140.10 dollars an ounce up 0.75. London July coffee 2.03 up 0.15. London July cocoa 2.33 up 0.04. London March sugar 0.10 unchanged. IMM June gold 140.50 up 0.20. Silver 4.41 unchanged. July copper 0.627 up 0.013. July wheat 2.41 up 0.342. July corn 2.24 up 0.05. July soybeans 87.47 up 0.26. July soybean meal 199.00 up 5.70. July soybean oil 26.18 up to tb. June live cattle 41.37 down 0.01. June live hogs 36.00 down 0.50. July pork bellies 52.85 unchanged. July cotton 62.30 up 0.80. Market not closed.
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