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...breakthrough for the U.S. came at "the great pipeline shootout" on April 1 in Almaty, capital of Kazakhstan. More than 200 executives and experts from the region's oil consortiums gathered to present and compare their pet plans. To everyone's surprise, Total, the French oil giant, put forward revised numbers for its preferred option, a north-south pipeline through Iran to the gulf. By these new estimates, the Iran link would cost about $4 billion and would not be operational until 2004. This meant the line through Iran would cost as much and take as long to build...
...moguls who own entertainment companies. And ever since he acquired MCA in 1995, Hollywood has been waiting to see whether he would also prove to be one of the smartest. But in the wake of a spate of firings at the company, now called Universal Studios, there is a giant whirring sound as Tinseltown starts to turn on young Bronfman...
...says Michael Ovitz, onetime head of the powerful CAA talent agency who played a bit part in negotiating Bronfman's purchase of Universal, portrayed the company as "an easy turnaround." Ovitz also figured, wrongly, that he would be the one to do it. But instead of buying a slumbering giant, Bronfman bought a more troublesome enterprise...
...colorful fields of petrified logs, Indian ruins and sweeping views of the Painted Desert, is a must. Don't miss the Rainbow Forest Museum at the park's south entrance: kids love seeing the dinosaur fossils, which date back more than 200 million years, and viewing up close the giant petrified logs on the small trail just outside...
...killer app is Microsoft's MSFDC, a software suite created with data-processing giant First Data Corp., that lets consumers pay bills directly on their bank's Website. MSFDC rolls out this fall. It's a big deal. Mike Dusche, Microsoft's manager for worldwide financial services, says MSFDC will help banks navigate the coming online-commerce maelstrom by building closer customer ties. He's right: a product like MSFDC--with, say, Money and Investor along for the ride--will surely help your banker retain your allegiance. "The financial industry is based on transaction processing," says Cliff Condon, a senior...