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Cleveland's problems are not all behind it, but under White's administration, there is a clear sense that the city is on an upswing. Downtown boasts not only a new $72 million light rail line to move tourists along the lakeshore but also Gateway Complex, which features a new baseball stadium and a basketball arena that lured the Cleveland Cavaliers back from the suburbs. Most important, the city's long period of fiscal crisis has subsided. After a general fund deficit that grew to almost $7 million in 1990, the city has balanced its books and has accumulated...
...floppy drives in a shoe box-size module that sits next to the monitor, making for a much simpler look. A special display gives regular news updates throughout the day. And this week the company is initiating a build-to-order program aimed squarely at rivals such as Gateway. The approach may help the firm grab that market share it so badly covets...
...echoed over Bill Clinton's visit to Europe last week. While colossal headaches were awaiting him at home, over there it was pure pomp and celebration. On Tuesday at a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, he portrayed the new agreement between Russia and NATO as the gateway to a golden era of East-West cooperation. In the Hague the next day, he and the assembled leaders of Europe marked the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan--the keystone of it all--with brass bands, dinners and speeches. The next 50 years, said Clinton, should produce "a Europe...
...Gateway is the No. 2 direct marketer of personal computers, behind powerhouse Dell Computer ($7.8 billion in sales last year). Gateway's 500 salespeople work the phone banks 16 hours a day, filling PC orders for individuals and small businesses and helping them troubleshoot their equipment. Since selling initial shares to the public in 1993, Gateway has seen annual revenues triple, to more than $5 billion...
...Others have low-priced PCs too. Now the industry is bracing for a quantum leap in demand as people who previously couldn't afford a computer rush to buy one on the notion that one day a PC will be as indispensable as a car or TV. Compaq wanted Gateway so it could speedily add capacity to meet the new demand. But Waitt's vision of the future told him the Compaq offer wasn't worth it--not to a billionaire free spirit who values his independence...