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Choosing between academic preschools and development preschool programs has become a controversial issue for parents. The differences between the two approaches are discussed, and some representative schools are described.

The need and concept of table manners is detailed. Some parents are so overwhelmed by the idea of teaching kids skills such as table etiquette that they are signing ones for formal training.

The article features the tourism and commerce in Hong Kong, with an emphasis on its economic conditions. The author aims to present investment opportunities in the country. He has discussed the country's real estate and stock markets, its hospitality industry, and its late-night attractions. His discussion on how the territory differs from other tourist destinations concludes the article.

The article profiles Huntington Hartford, an author, collector, museum builder, magazine publisher, and heir to A&P Enterprises Show company in the New York. It provides information on the Hartford's educational attainment, business ventures, achievements, awards-received, and affiliations. It points out that Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation to help deserving artist. INSET: The heir and the A&P..

The article focuses on foolish or fraudulent investment schemes in the United States. The U.S. is in the grip of the most devastating epidemic of investment swindles and near-swindles in its history. In 1929 only a small part of the population was worth fleecing. Today the country harbors a million millionaires. There are millions more who have substantial net worth and large liquid assets. Consider the case of Carl Mostrom, a semi-retired hotelier from Minnesota who lost more than $100,000 in the J. David gold and silver swindle and then turned around and lost $44,000 more in another commodities scam.

Presents the author's views on loans being offered by banks. Information that last year banks issued domestic standby letters that totaled $98.4 billion, up from only $27 billion in 1979; Accountants of banks pointing out that the chance of standby letters of credit being drawn is slim--less than 1%; View that huge volume of outstanding credit commitments doesn't mean there will be a great run on bank credit.

It's a damp afternoon in New York City, and though Rob Lowe has been up since dawn, there s not a trace of stubble on his sun-kissed face, and his […]

The article focuses on Thomas Martin, former president of Anchor Corp., a group of mutual funds. While many of Martin's peers were moving into real estate in the early 1970s, Martin, who had followed the market for years as a hobby, had another idea. Martin put up $75,000 and talked six friends into putting up another $225,000 in buying horses. Today his Kinderhill Farm sprawls across 1,100 acres of rolling hills and paddocks in the Hudson River valley, and he manages over $80 million in syndication assets owned by 951 limited partners.

The article presents an interview with public relations agent Edward Bernays on the state of public relations in the U.S. Bernays claimed that the proliferation of media outlets is partly due to the influence of public relations on the news. He also said that reaching the public is now an easy job. He applauded the way Coca-Cola handled the failure of its New Coke and the reintroduction of the old Coke.

The article presents information on entrepreneur Wesley McKinney, who duped about 6000 depositors, hundreds of employees and some bankers. McKinney persuaded these people convincing that he would make them rich. McKinney exploited a system in which each regulator defended his own fiefdom, seemingly barely mindful of perils beyond it. McKinney bought everything--oil rigs, yacht, condominium--on credit duping big-league bankers along the way. McKinney believed in sharing the wealth. There were new Cadillacs, Mercedes and other fancy cars every year for the senior management of the insurance companies and the banks with which he used to deal.

Examines how, as entertainment becomes more and more a big business, the scope for making money as a manager grows. How managers are not subject to the rules created to protect entertainers from predatory agents; How managers are unaffected by the Justice Department ruling that sundered the ties between talent agencies and production studios; How good managers are superb marketers.

States that what started as a salesman's sideline is now a $110 million family business, but questions why Silver Dollar City Inc.'s owners feel they need an independent board of directors. Rich inheritance passed down through the family; Small conglomerate of four theme parks; Amount of visitors to the parks.

The article explains why the prices of Burma's pigeon-blood rubies have gone up so high that it retails at four times the price of a D-flawless diamond. It mentions the Mogok mines, the takeover and nationalization by General U Ne Win, and the rise of smuggling from Mogok to Thailand. Topics covered include the primitive mining methods in Thailand and Burma, the perilous trip to the Thai border, and the burning treatment of the stones in Bangkok. Also discussed are the dealer markups.

This article reports that brothers Dee Bangerter, Lee Bangerter and their half brother Ted Nelson started a company called Winn Enterprises. Starting with a little cash flow, tax-loss carryforwards, ambitious plans and some eager bankers, the trio built their Winn Enterprises' sales from $26.5 million in 1982 to $1.1 billion by last December, at which time Winn's assets were $749 million. Like many of the new-breed' asset pyramiders, the brothers cut their teeth on real estate, where a little cash flow can take down a lot of debt, and where two decades of tax subsidies and inflation have papered over all manner of dumb business decisions. In college at Brigham Young in the 1960s, the brothers purchased mobile homes, fixed them up and sold them. They quickly graduated to nursing homes.

Looks at the financial status of so-called `eatertainment' franchises. Explanation of an `eatertainment' franchise; Why it is another gimmick; Background of declining sales at movie theaters and restaurants; Why Wall Street hopes to cash in these `eatertainment' stocks; Success of Dave & Buster's; FunScape; Planet Hollywood; Block Party; Problems of Bottom Gun Cafe; ShowBiz Pizza Time.

Focuses on Live Entertainment Inc., which is a videocassette distribution company founded eight years ago by José Menendez. Information on the murder of Menendez along with his wife; Comment on the deal of merging Live with Carolco Pictures Inc.; Information that Roger Burlage, an Iowa-born accountant joined Live from Trimark Holdings; Information that Roger Burlage, an Iowa-born accountant joined Live from Trimark Holdings; Comment that Burlage focused much of his attention on wholesaling to the sell-through video market-videos priced for 25 dollar and purchased rather than rented.