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...penny saved may be a penny earned, but many large commercial banks are now telling penny savers not to bother. Through a variety of fees and interest penalties, the giants of finance are actively discouraging small savings accounts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Back to Piggies | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...animal skins. The dialogue consists of 14 words. That's Caveman, shooting in Mexico and starring Ringo Starr. The film is a campy comedy about cavemen who between club fights make such momentous discoveries as fried eggs, cooked meat and gay sex. Lack of lines doesn't bother Ringo, who has made plenty of wordy but forgettable flicks since the Beatles broke up. "It's far more creative to be able to transmit all these feelings without words," says he, adjusting skins far different from those he pounded as a Beatlemaniacal drummer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 28, 1980 | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...call him a worrier. If he were a California, "mellow" might even be the word. With the exception of upcoming airplane trips, ("I hate flying," he says earnestly. "I just can't believe something that big can fly."), his lack of definite future plans seems not to bother him at all. He hopes to be drafted by the pros again, but says, "I'm not banking on baseball. I'd love to do it, and at this point I just don't have a contingency plan...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Mark Bingham | 4/25/1980 | See Source »

...doesn't work," he now says firmly. "It did for a time, but not any more. Self-reliance, productivity and independence are important. We used to assume that the wealth of some inevitably led to the poverty of others. But business interests me. Even profit doesn't bother me as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Seattle: Up from Revolution | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

Around Boeing's spartan hangar-like headquarters in Seattle, they call him the "old shoe," and Thornton Arnold ("T") Wilson, 59, certainly is that. Eight years ago, when he became chairman of the board, he did not bother moving out of his noisy office to more elegant surroundings down the hall. Each morning he sheds his suit jacket and conducts business in a navy blue sweater. When the temperature gets too cold, he can even be seen working in his hat and overcoat. And despite a yearly income in the million-dollar range, Wilson still lives in the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Engineer of Success | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

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