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...note to Macintosh owners: borrow an IBM. As our Yardling's accomplice in crime says, "A Mac doesn't print as shittily as their printers...
...most troublesome borrower is the Federal Government. During the past seven years, the U.S. has posted deficits totaling $1.1 trillion; in fiscal 1986 the red ink reached a record $221 billion. Though the deficit is expected to fall significantly this year, to some $160 billion, many economists fear it will begin rising again in 1988. The Treasury's ability to borrow so heavily depends on foreign buyers of U.S. bonds, whom the Government lures by keeping domestic interest rates at relatively high levels. If those investors were to lose confidence in the U.S. and start pulling out their money, interest...
...last year. Just as consumers during the '20s splurged on such newfangled products as radios and roadsters with rumble seats, today's shoppers have gone into deep hock for compact-disc players and Honda Preludes. The difference is that consumers in 1987 can choose from many more enticing borrowing vehicles, most notably an array of credit cards with huge credit lines at high interest rates. Potentially the most dangerous new device is the home-equity loan. Homeowners who borrow too heavily could lose their houses if a recession left them out of a job and unable to make payments...
...singularly, giddily unfettered. Not only are architects and art directors in their 40s and 50s free from the obligation to pay homage to traditional forms, they have also escaped for the first time in this century from the overwhelming gravitational pull of Western domination. They feel unusually free to borrow and transmute ideas and images from any source, foreign or domestic...
...successful franchiser and franchisee form a symbiotic relationship that enriches them both. The franchiser can expand a new company without having to borrow huge amounts of capital. Franchisees pay an up-front fee, which usually covers certain training and furnishings, to become part of a chain. The cost is typically lower for companies that do not require much equipment or for chains that are just starting up. The fee can be as little as $9,750 for the business cards and other materials needed to open a Coustic-Glo franchise, which specializes in cleaning ceilings, or as much...