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...Utopia was founded in 1996 by PrinceLazarus R. Long, an Oklahoma entrepreneur wholegally changed his name from Howard Turney...
...estranged and, until the Whites wrote an angry open letter two weeks ago to "the people of Colorado" about what they saw as the mishandling of the JonBenet murder investigation, the couple had kept silent for months. Last week, in a rare interview, Fleet White, an oil and gas entrepreneur, described the alienation from the Ramseys to TIME: "Justice hasn't had a chance so far. Anyone who doesn't have this as their prime goal, we'll have a falling out with...
...record executives are still wary of the practice. Country-music hitmaker Mike Curb, best known for discovering LeAnn Rimes, vows not to use pay-for-play, fearing that the financial lure may tempt stations to start refusing songs unless they're paid. Another opponent is Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur and head of V2 Records, who is worried that pay-for-play will turn listeners off by allowing inferior music on the airwaves. "If radio doesn't give the people what they want," he warns, "the people will go to other mediums...
...Treasury Robert Rubin and President Clinton see fundamental flaws in a system that has led to banks facing more than $600 billion in bad or doubtful debt. But Prime Minister Hashimoto and top Japanese financial officials are in "stimulus package" mode, not "major restructuring" mode. As one young Japanese entrepreneur told me, if the trade negotiators craft a plan wherein no one is required to take responsibility for the flaws in the Japanese economic structure, "we'll do it." Otherwise, it is likely that nothing much will happen in terms of change...
...everyone's busy, and everyone has commitments. Beyond these problems, much more importantly, will you be able to follow your dreams? Regardless of whether you are dreaming of social work, academia or becoming an entrepreneur, your loans may be what send you towards more lucrative careers like investment banking or consulting. It has even been proposed that the choice of major (or concentration) can be affected by financial aid, with those on financial aid choosing more "practical" degrees...