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Alexandra Lebenthal took over her grandmother's municipal bond brokerage at age 31. Since then, she has diversified the company to offer more stocks and mutual funds. She has faced both challenges and advantages of being one of the few female CEOs on Wall Street.

Businesswomen in Japan are leading an entrepreneurial trend that could point the way to economic recovery. The collapse of Japanese corporate culture, which has been troubled by mismanagement and even corruption, is opening up opportunities for women who have been long suppressed.

A number of new cable television shows that focus on business offer entrepreneurs an opportunity to gain exposure. Many of the producers of these shows have a difficult time locating enough guests. Several networks are discussed.

A CHAIN OF AFTERSCHOOL enrichment facilities in Texas upset the neighborhoods where it operates when its vans-large logos visible--ran red lights and stop signs, sparking outrage online and in local [...]

A new generation of communication satellites, some as small as bricks, will be used in very innovative ways and in many more markets, locally and globally. The satellites, known as LEOs (low Earth-orbiting satellites), circle the planet in low orbit several times daily.

Biotech and pharmaceutical industry analysts selected nine biotech companies which will succeed in returning a profit during the next few years. Company profiles given include revenue, specialty, drugs in development, when its first drug could be released, and why it is important.

Crowded in tenement blocks in the cities' industrial outskirts, the shchunot--the ghettos Israelis call 'the neighborhoods'--are home to many of Israel's majority Sephardic Jews, the Mizrachim or 'Easterners' whose grandparents [...]

Some legislators are trying to enact laws that limit the type of information that data brokers can sell to businesses. Brokers are allowed to sell directories, membership lists and information provided on consumer surveys, but they are not allowed to sell credit-card account numbers.

Emerging markets derivatives are becoming hot among banks involved in derivatives traders as they offer profit margins that are up to 20 times higher than those of common, plain vanilla swaps. Emerging markets derivatives include swaps involving Brazilian real estate and contracts for Russian treasury bills. Derivatives transactions in emerging markets are attracting institutional investors to major banks involved in the derivatives trader, including Chase Manhattan Corp., Deutsche Bank AG, and ING Barings., Derivatives traders are turning to emerging-markets transactions as a more profitable alternative to common swaps. Investors and big companies are flocking to banks such as J.P. Morgan & Co., Chase [...]

"We're living through hard times," a Kurdish father tells his son in Yol, Kurdish-Turkish director Yilmaz Guney's last film, written in prison in Turkey before his death in exile in 1985: "We can't even claim our dead." Indeed, and truer today. Two reports released this year, one by Amnesty International and the other by Physicians for Human Rights, document that the persecution of the Kurdish people of Iran and Iraq by their own governments is steadily worsening in the aftermath of the war. Amnesty's report on Iraq, which was accompanied by unprecedented public appeals, exposes politically motivated torture, imprisonment and executions of hundreds of Kurds, mainly children, in an attempt to force confessions from their families. The Kurds have united periodically over the decades, most recently in the Iraqi Kurdish Front in 1987. To emerge from the devastation, to claim their dead and begin a new phase of their struggle for justice and autonomy, the Kurds must again meet the challenge of cooperation.

We're living through hard times,' a Kurdish father tells his son in Yol, KurdishTurkish director Yilmaz Guney's last film, written in prison in Turkey before his death in exile in [...]

States that women are opting out of motherhood for a profession, according to the United States Census Bureau. Percentage of women between the ages of 15 and 44 that are childless; Comparison with the Percentage of women in 1976; Comments from the Census Bureau statistician demographer Amara Bachu.

Focuses on the increasing amount of mergers and acquisitions seen in the business industry in the United States, and the trustbusting seen after every great era of mergers. Examples of different mergers; Reference to the report `Competition Policy in the New High-Tech Global Marketplace,' which is widely used used for trustbusting in the 1990s; Details on the report's contents; Views of different persons on the federal approach to trustbusting. INSET: Boom to bust..

Focuses on nine companies which are likely to succeeded in the biotech industry out of the fifteen hundred biotech firms in the United States. Information on the ten mergers which took place in 1996; Examination of the nine companies which earn profits annually; Information on future plans of the biotech industry.

Focuses on men displaying the attitude of being mean in companies in the United States. Details on some of the nicknames these mean men are given; Reference made to vice president Steven Ballmer of Microsoft Corporation; Suggestion that this mean attitude creates fear in the workplace; Recommendation made that this attitude should be eradicated.

Discusses the findings of a survey by the American Management Association which revealed an increase in genetic testing as a condition of employment. Reference to a lawsuit filed by some employees of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, due to test conducted on blood samples without their permission; How testing can assist companies in reducing of spiraling health care costs and related absenteeism; Ability of analyzing blood cells in several ways.

Presents information on health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in the United States, in light of disputes between Democrats and Republicans Parties in the US. Impact of the election season on these issues relating to HMOs; Decline in share value for HMOs; Comments from health care analyst Todd Richter; Information relating to health care in the United States.

Presents information on issues which influences sexual harassment claims in the workplace. Reference to the book `The Office Romance,' by professor Dennis M. Powers; Observations about workplace relationships; Comments on the observatioon that only 5 percent of all harassment complains to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission result from failed relationships.

Provides information on the practice of co-branding, focusing on its growth in the market. Comments by Tony Dalton, Saatchi and Saatchi's vice chairman, Tony Dalton; Details on the concept of co-branding; Risks associated with co-branding.

Looks at the performance of stocks in the Working Woman portfolio between June 30th and July 30th, 1998. Factors which influenced the declined performance; Information on stock for several companies, including Dorsey Trailers Incorporated and Oshman's Sporting Goods Incorporated.

Presents an interview with sports stylist and former professionl skate boarder Cindy Whitehead. Names of some of the companies for which Whitehead work; Requirements as part of her job; Strategy to good sports styling; Identification of Whitehead's toughest job.

Presents information on the type of business some celebrities would like to have. Celebrities include Tom Cruise, Ron Silver, Beau and Jeff Bridges.

Looks at the impact celebrities have on certain issues in Washington. Information on Cause Celebre, which was co-founded by Alma Viator; Characteristics of the most effective celebrity advocates; Comments from Washington's public relations veteran Alma Viator.

Presents information relating to the World Wide Web, commenting on the difficulties faced by some persons in viewing live events on the Internet. Information on America's Health Network, whose efforts of broadcasting a live event resulted in server overload; Identification of this problem as unicast technology; Comments that UUNet Technologies Incorporated is one of the few networks which have invested in multicast technology.

Presents information on camps in the United States. Age range to which camps cater for; Description of camp programs offered; Contact information for camps.

Looks at the increase in sexual harassment claims in the United States since 1991, hence affecting the legal cost of companies. How the insurance industry benefits from claims made; Description of employment practices liability insurance, an insurance policy which offers protection against charges of workplace harassment and discrimination; Comments made by experts.

Focuses on the plans of Samina Quraeshi, a designer and the principal of Shepard Quaraeshi Associates, to revitalize Oklahoma City. Description of plans made; Comments by Oklahoma City planning director Garner Stoll; Information on the city's development plan; Need for the city's development.

Reports on the decline of virtual mutual funds between May 12 and June 12, 1998 in the United States. Identification of the three biggest losers affected by the decline; Who ran the companies; Total percentage decline which the companies had.

Presents brief information on happenings worldwide, related to women. Identification of Dawn Riley as the first woman to lead a team in the 1999-2000 America's Cup in New Zealand; Details on doctor Susan Tereby, founder of the Extrasolar Research Corp. leading the group which discovered TMR-1C, the first plant outside the solar system; Information on Lesley Visser becoming the first female sideline reporter on American Broadcasting Corp.'s `Monday Night Football' show.

Focuses on economic relation with emphasis on globalization. Indication that the United States has the strongest economy worldwide; Where the world's wealth is concentrated; Views of Jeffrey Rosensweig, professor of finance and international business at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, and author of the book, `Winning the Global Game.'

Focuses on a survey conducted by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), on how corporations gather consumer information via the World Wide Web. Amount of companies surveyed; Percentage amount of companies which told Web visitors that they were being monitored; Comments from Robert Pitofsky, FTC chairman.

Focuses on the findings of a study, conducted by nonprofit group, Catalyst, which investigated the number of African-American women in senior corporate management in the United States. Amount of women surveyed; How many were satisfied with their jobs; Number of women who intended on leaving their jobs; Comments made by Lydia Mallett, General Mill's company, director of corporate diversity.

Profiles Michelle Ayala, a circus performer with company, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey. Background information on members of her family who were circus performers; Other activities which she participates in; How she takes care of her hair.

Presents brief information on happenings in the news media in the United States, pertaining to women. Information on the termination of Susan Molinari as co-anchor of CBS Inc. `News Saturday Morning' show; Resignation of Geraldine Laybourne as president of ABC Cable Network.

Looks at the borrowing rates of a Korean bank to other businesses, highlighting women-owned business in the United States.

Questions what career United States First Lady, Hillary Clinton, will choose after the end of the president's term in the year 2000. Comments made by Robert Reich, former labor secretary; Identification of positions which White House insiders have speculated she could take; Suggestions made by the First Lady's former press secretary, Neel Lattimore.

Reports that Shirley Lowe, a microbiologist at the University of California at San Francisco, has found the bacterium, staphylococcus aureus on a random sampling of coins and bills. Warnings from Lowe; Disease which the bacterium usually causes; Percentage of bills and coins where the bacterium was found.

Focuses on the market in the United States, for herbal estrogen, used in the treatment of memopausal complications. Forecast on the value of the market for 1998; Estimated number of menopausal formulas which are on the market; How these herbal formulas escape the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration; Reference to an article which appeared in a 1998 issue of the journal, `Pharmacotheraphy.'

Focuses on how chief executive officer of HarperCollins Publishing company, Jane Friedman, boosted the revenues of the company. Opening of an office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; Identification of books which were released from the company; Comments from Friedman.

Focuses on the marketing strategy of companies in the United States. Identification of some of the words used in advertising by some companies; Comments from Tom Seddon, marketing vice president at Holiday Inn Express and Robert Hall of Kellogg company; How marketers want to make consumers feel.

Encourages women to seek career options as mechanics, firefighters and other male dominated employment areas in the United States (US). Views of Ida Castro, acting director of the US Department of Labor's Women's Bureau; Total job openings for 1999 through to 2006.

Focuses on Internet advertising, while suggesting how to ensure your advertisements are read. What research indicates on Internet surfers; Statistical data on Web traffic as recorded by the Internet Profiles Corporation company; Marketing suggestions.

Profiles Mary Kay Bergman, a noise maker for Hollywood animated characters. Background data on Bergman; Details on her career; Comments from Bergman.