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...Martin of San Luis Obispo's Martin Bros. are among winemakers who have planted such Italian varietals as Nebbiolo and Sangiovese; Tancer intends to blend his Sangiovese with Cabernet or Merlot in new proprietary wines similar to ones being produced in Tuscany. There is a certain irony here. Investment banker William Hambrecht, who sells the Zinfandel grapes from his Sonoma ranch to Ridge Vineyards, notes that many of these newly fashionable varietals were first planted in California at the century's turn by Italian immigrants for their homemade table wines...
...things that you have to know in this family. One, that my wife is the commander in chief and, two, that my mother-in-law is the supreme commander in chief." Natori, 43, must rank as at least a five-star general. Merrill Lynch's first female investment banker, Natori rose to vice president of the company before leaving in 1977 to create her own firm. She started small, working in her New York City apartment, designing and selling fine lingerie. In a pinch, she even packed the orders herself. Today Natori Co. has splashy headquarters in midtown Manhattan...
...devote only eight minutes of a workday to household chores and child rearing, compared with 3 1/2 hours for their wives. Younger men increasingly take out the garbage and play with their children on weekends but still leave most household affairs to their wives. A 33-year-old banker typically relies on his wife to lay out his clothes each morning. But, he adds, "I select the necktie...
...ingredient in gourmet foods, beverages and herbal medicines. Now, attracted by the suitable land and climate in the South, the Japanese food-processing giant Sakae Bio has bought 165 acres in Lee County, Ala., to cultivate the plant. The locals are scratching their heads, but as one banker in the county puts it, "You have to assume they know what they are doing...
...Jersey banker, Stempel worked summers as a garage mechanic and won a collection of drag-racing trophies. Later he graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, then earned an M.B.A. from Michigan State in 1970. He still reads car-buff magazines, and enjoys skiing and surf casting. Stempel and his wife Pat have three children, two grown and one in college. But Stempel is intensely private about his life outside the company, a feeling that carries over from the kidnapping of his son Timothy in 1975. (His son was rescued from a car trunk, and the kidnappers were caught...