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Show Profits Up ....At the three-quarter mark of 1957, all but one of the twelve top money-makers of big business busi-ness report that profits are running well ahead of the nine-month nine-month figures for 1956. General Motors was the only one of the top twelve among nonfinancial corporations to show lower 9-month 9-month figures than a year ago. The other eleven 'are: Jersey Standard Oil, Bell Telephone System, Gulf Oil, Du Pont, The Texas Company, Ford Motor, Chrysler, California Standard Oil, Socony Mobil Oil, General Electric and Bethlehem Steel. |