The Press: Housewife's View

She bustles through the messy, male-contrived world of finance like a housewife cleaning her husband's den—tidying trends, sorting statistics, and issuing...

The Press: Sylvia & You

(See Cover) The overflow crowd of 1,200 at last week's meeting of Detroit's Economic Club was thoroughly and impressively big business. Throughout the...

Books: Best Sellers

FICTION 1—Curtain, Christie (1 last week) 2—Ragtime, Doctorow (2) 3—The Choirboys, Wambaugh (3) 4—The Greek Treasure, Stone (4) 5—In the Beginning, Potok (5)...

A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 28, 1960

WITH this week's portrait of Columnist Sylvia Porter, Vienna-born Artist Henry Koerner, 45, chalks up cover portrait No. 15—a gallery of paintings that have...

Business: Reads to Riches

Guides to the joys of cash Perhaps a windfall-profits tax should be levied on prolific financial journalists in these inflationary times, because the inkwell is...

FICTION: Best Sellers

1—Ragtime, Doctorow (1 last week) 2—Curtain, Christie (2) 3—The Greek Treasure, Stone (3) 4—Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Rossner(5) 5—Humboldt's Gift, Bellow (4)...

Letters, Dec. 19, 1960

Extravagance Abroad Sir: As an American service wife in England with my husband, I feel that curtailing dependent travel abroad is deplorable. It carries the...

Education: Kudos, Jun. 15, 1959

Allen University Branch Rickey, major league baseball executive L.H.D. Bates College Sylvia Porter, syndicated financial columnist Litt.D. Beloit College...

NEW YORK: Scramble for Solvency

Once I wrote the budget, gee what fun Playin' with my magic wand. I could fudge the budget, now that's done—Brother, won't you buy a bond? The tune was the...