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Profiles Texas businessman James Ling. Career background; Family background; Business philosophy.

Presents the advice of billionaires in Texas on how someone could get rich. Tips from Billie Joe McCombs, owner of the Minnesota Vikings football team and several automobile dealerships; Role of optimism in business according to Charles Butt, chairman and chief executive officer of H-E-B; Advice of Robert H. Dedman Sr., founder and chairman of ClubCorp International; Views of Joseph D. Jamail, a trial lawyer.

Outlines the events which led up to the failure of the Texas-based restaurant chain, Ninfa's. Background on Ninfa Laurenzo, who founded the restaurant in 1973; History of the chain's founding and growth; The business decisions which eventually caused the restaurant to file for involuntary bankruptcy in October 1996; The involvement of Sysco Food Services and Southern Produce in causing the bankruptcy proceedings.

Deals with the motion picture industry of Texas. Details on the plans of Rebecca Campbell, executive director of the Austin Film Society, to turn the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport in Austin, Texas into a movie studio; Number of film projects in Texas in 1999; Role of higher costs in the dwindling status of the Texas movie industry; Impact of the presence of unions on the industry.

Focuses on SuperStand, a chain of newsstands based in Houston, Texas. Number of SuperStand stores in the Houston area; Role of SuperStand in the closure of Guy's News newsstands; Comments by Chris Peluso, acting chief executive of SuperStand; Details on the business successes of Alfredo Brener, an investor in SuperStand.

Focuses on the problems of the Emma L. Harrison Charter School in Waco, Texas. Evidence of poor management by the staff; Financial delinquencies of chief executive officer Ida Pinkard; Status of the charter school movement in Texas.

Discusses how the posh Petroleum Club of Houston, Texas, atop the downtown Exxon Building, used to be exclusively for oilmen, but since oil prices collapsed, the club has fallen on hard times. Now the Petroleum Club is going after lawyers. Memberships offered.

Profiles Walter Mischer, a real estate developer and banker from Houston, Texas. Status of his business ventures; Overview of his biography; How he started in real estate development.

Provides information on charter school craze in Texas. How charter schools are run and manage in Texas; Number of charter schools in Texas; Charter school for juvenile offenders in Harris County.