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The article offers information on the equipments that resolve old-house gutter problems. It mentions that gutters collect gallons of roof run-off and lead it safely away from the house inorder not to erode wood and paint. It adds that gutters need to be properly installed and maintained frequently. It mentions that the kind of gutter that fits an old house is a half-round metal gutters. Moreover, it presents several house structure woes and their gutter management

The article offers guidelines on how to use mouldings. It states that Arts and Crafts mouldings and decoration are importantly flat, square-edged boards. It says that the building blocks of Gothic and classical mouldings lacked curves. It infers that wood stock applied to mill the era's trim was decided by intention and budget.

The article focuses on wood shingles that are still being used for contemporary roofing and siding in the U.S. There are three basic patterns of wood shingles that are still attractive and available as suggested by Andrew Jackson Downing, which include wood shingles with their butt cut to a sharp point, a semi-circle, which produces a fish scale pattern, and a beveled point. Decorative wood shingles' popularity style has become synonymous with the Queen Anne, a Victorian house style.

The article focuses on the hardware basics of the arts and crafts industry. An overview of the history and background of the arts and crafts movement as well as the ideas and thoughts suggested from the movement is presented. It notes that the key craft of the movement was metalwork especially in the primary metals of iron and copper.

The article presents information on several developments related to business. Two West German companies BASF AG and Siemens AG are forming an alliance to supply IBM compatible main frame computers. The State University of New York College of Optometry, New York City has found that occupational glasses increased efficiency of people working on video display terminals. The Boy Scouts of America's use of Hi-Net Communications' satellite videoconferencing to seek donations is discussed.

The article reports on the problems facing International Business Machines Corp. in marketing in Europe. The European sales of the company accounted for 28 percent of its 50 billion dollars in profits and 32 percent of its 6.6 billion dollars in profits in 1986. European companies have too much computing capacity and they are pausing to reassess their needs.

The article focuses on the role of chief information officers (CIO) in U.S. companies. Trade groups such as the Society for Information Management are pushing for the spread of the CIO title. Consultants and executive recruiters agree that chief executives who create the position should guard against letting a CIO amass a huge centralized staff at the expense of having experts down in the trenches.

The article reports that the German Cabinet has agreed to let private companies sell or lease modems on July 16, 1986. This will end the telecommunications monopoly of Deutsche Bundespost. Despite European Community threats of legal action, the governing board of Deutsche Bundespost rejected the move in June 1986 in Germany.

The article reports that tenants are not taking advantage of smart buildings in the United States that incorporate shared tenant services such as sophisticated telecommunication systems and local-area networking. This is according to the results of a study conducted by real estate investment advisory firm Jones Lang Wootton.

The article reports that scientists of GTE Corp. at GTE Research Laboratories in Waltham, Massachusetts have developed an electronic system that could quadruple the call-carrying capacity of existing telecommunication systems. The system transmits at a lower speed without sacrificing any voice quality.

The article reports on the results of a survey of 250 senior executives in the financial services sector in the United States revealing that only one-third of the executives who responded in the study had tried to use technology to gain a strategic edge. The survey was commissioned by Coopers and Lybrand.

The article reports on the call of the Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO) for software publishers to adopt a voluntary protection standard to help prevent unauthorized copying of personal computer programs. ADAPSO is dropping its call because they ran against the grain of current industry trends. Software buyers would have received both a diskette and a read-only memory chip.

The article reports on the Strategic Management Game that featured corporate managers from major companies in the U.S. The contest called "Survival of the Richest" tested the managers' ability to run a business with the help of microcomputers. The winner, with the highest level of profitability, earnings per share and market value, was the team of AT&T Corp.

The article reports on results of a survey conducted by Russell Reynolds Associates Inc. which reveals that 75 percent of high technology companies in the U.S. are planning to increase their employment rolls by at least 20 percent in the next 12 months. 50 percent of the respondents conceded that the high technology industry slowdown affected their 1985 revenues.

The article reports that computer retailers in the U.S. affected by the plunging prices of IBM-compatible personal computers are importing IBM clones in an effort to return to profitability. ComputerLand Corp. and Businessland Inc. have introduced their IBM clones that can do anything an IBM AT or XT computer can do at 75 to 85 percent the price of the IBM models.

The article reports that El Segundo, California-based Hughes Communications Inc., a General Motors subsidiary, is considering joint venture with three other companies to compete with Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. Ltd. in Japan. Hughes' possible partners in the venture are Toyota Motor Corp., C. Itoh and Co and Cable and Wireless PLC.

The article reports that U.S.-based Wang Laboratories Inc. will be introducing a laptop computer codenamed 113 in July 1986. The laptop will be IBM-compatible and will use hard disk instead of a floppy. Analysts speculate that the computer will run Wang word processing computer software. There are doubts whether 113 would have much appeal outside Wang's current customer base.

The article reports that Oslo, Norway-based Norsk Data, which was founded by Rolf Skar and makes superminicomputers, has become one of the top computer companies in Europe without making a major venture into the United States. While computer companies in the U.S. are worried about a decline, managers of Norsk Data, headed by President and CEO Skar, want to limit annual revenue growth to 45 percent.

The article reports on the creation of startup company, Convex Computer Corp. Steven Wallach, an engineer at Data General Corp. met with venture capitalist Benjamin Rosen about his idea on building a superminicomputer. Rosen decided to team up Wallach with his protege Robert J. Paluck. The partnership created the company that manufactures minisupercomputers.

The article reports on Lotus Development Corp.'s endorsement of Microsoft Windows operating systems and development of a family of applications that will take advantage of the Windows program. The endorsement is regarded as crucial to the success of Windows. The specifications and capabilities of Windows are described.

The article reports on the development of the electronics and computer industry of Spain. The admission of Spain to the European Community means that its exports no longer face heavy tariffs in major European markets. Pacific Telesis and Hewlett-Packard announced that they will invest in research and production in Spain worth more than 100 million dollars.

The article reports on the partnership of Tarkenton Software Inc. and Nastec Corp. to introduce a product that automates the entire software development process from conception to installation to maintenance. Programmers can design complicated flow charts on the computer instead of relying on pen and pencil.

The article focuses on the importance of calculating how much computer power a business needs. To avoid problems, the International Systems Services Corp. has come up with a so-called expert system that runs on a personal computer. International Systems Services is a New York consulting company specializing in computer-capacity management.

The article reports on the problem of the computer leasing business in keeping up with computer technology in the U.S. More frequent product introductions mean that computers now go over the hill every five years or at least one lease. This means lower margins for lessors. Some companies are diversifying into leasing telephone-switching equipment to businesses.