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Today the real problem area is the Northeast, particularly New England. The FDIC is opening a "liquidation" office, with a 400-member staff, in Boston to dispose of the real estate it expects to be stuck with as banks in the region go bust. The Bank of New England (assets: $23 billion) "already has one foot in the grave," says an analyst. Even the big Manhattan-based "money center" banks are suffering from plummeting earnings and falling investor confidence. Chase Manhattan's stock has plunged almost 60% in the past year, to 16 5/8. Citicorp is down about...
...Yukon, Okla., just outside Oklahoma City) and the same stretch of musical country. Black's tunes have a little more sadness in them, maybe more dimension. Brooks comes on easier, making a direct assault on the heartstrings, singing in a kind of simonized tenor suitable for both serenades and bust outs. His debut album, Garth Brooks, is No. 2, right behind Killin' Time, and has spent about half a year in the Top Ten. Last month Brooks pulled down five nominations from the Country Music Association, and Black landed four. That's a good year's work for both...
...annual Harvard water polo game at MIT, dubbed by hyped Techies as the "Tech Bowl," has quickly turned into the "Tech Bust...
With a boom-or-bust mentality gripping the book industry, publishers are nervously fielding their entries for the fall's best-seller sweepstakes. Some name-brand authors can't miss. Others, even those with high critical marks, will find their efforts in remainder bins. Art, like life, isn't fair. Here is a selection of sure things and possible surprises for the coming season...
...riff and it could be another slick M.C. Hammer rap, the kind of bouncy, braggadocian tune that repeatedly hooked the top single spot for U Can't Touch This. Hammer, 27, is living a dream: superstardom in a flash; private jet between gigs; movie offers; and a record label, Bust It Management Productions, to call his own. And all this by being the first performer to forge an alliance between two warring camps: the poppers and the rappers...