The Palestine Economic Corporation today announced that yesterday it offered for sale $1,383,700 in common stock at a price of $112 per share. This action is part of the recently announced program of expansion of the P.E.C. various economic organization Israel.
For 1948 the corporation reported a net profit of $297, 814 and an increase in capital surplus and reserves from $5,391,661 in 1947 to $5,890769. The corporation has paid 25 dividends of $1 each since its establishment 1926.
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