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Stanford benefited enormously in the 1990s from being close to Silicon Valley—just as Silicon Valley benefited from being close to Stanford. The dot-com boom made Palo Alto one of the most attractive workplaces in the country and made many local fortunes...
...Cannes' Asian spirit been broken? Like a dot-com stock, the cachet of Chinese, Japanese and Korean films soared through the '90s. What was once a nonentity became a new wave. Asia had it all: a rigorous art-film movement and?in Hong Kong action films, Indian musicals and Korean romances?a vigorous populist streak. Inevitably, these achievements produced high expectations. Now Asian films are judged by the strictest standards: the ones they set for themselves. So Asia takes a brief break from trendiness, as Cannes discovers new "hot" cinemas in Latin America and the Middle East...
...year ($109 online). Carol Levenson's Gimme Credit, a newsletter based in Chicago, focuses on bonds but offers first-rate analysis that stock investors use too. It costs $18,000 a year. There's also good research available at sites like cbs.marketwatch.com thomsonfn.com cnbc.com quicken.com smartmoney.com and www.wallstreetcity. com. These websites require a little more of your own analysis. But if you're going to venture onto this lot, you'd better be ready to kick some tires...
...Seoul's secrets are out, big time. Sony's Columbia TriStar Films recently agreed to fund a South Korean production com-pany's movie about the hit squad ordered to kill Kim Il Sung. (Filming will start this August.) Hewing closely to the original story, the movie will expose a part of history that most Koreans know little about. Under past military governments, it was taboo to mention the spy operations, says producer Jonathan Kim: "We were taught we didn't do stuff like that, only the North did. Nobody has talked about...
...major campaign donors under 30 has something to do with politicians’ willingness to disregard the opinions of twenty-somethings. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, this disregard reinforces the apathy among college-age potential voters. Young people have exploded into national prominence in the last decade as entrepreneurs, dot-com millionaires, pop stars and community activists. The ’90s recognized the power of youth to change social and economic culture. The current decade must witness a corresponding expansion in the political influence of the young. Young people must remember the power of law to improve social conditions...