Rumoured Combination of. Companies Denied London, Apr. 10, There was considerable excites ment in gramophone shares to-day. consequent. on persistent rumours of the fusion of the American Vice for Talking Machine Ca, with th British Columbia Gramophone and Gramophone Companies. AS an. instance, Columbia 10/- shares, which at the beginning of the year were quoted at under £7 yesterday, renched £13: 10:0, The secretaries of the Gramophone and Columbia Companies, however, deny that they have ever heard of any suggestion of a fusion. Also recording to New York cables, officials of Victor Ca, ave "equally ignorant but it is obvious that Stock change members give credence the rumours.—Reuter,
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