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...latest prices for nearly 200 of N.A.S.D.'s over-the-counter stocks, including Apple Computer and United Artists, while U.S. traders can look up current quotes on 288 London issues. The new service, said N.A.S.D. Chairman David Hunter, "is the beginning of the global network for 24-hour equity trading." Next stop for London's traders: the New York Stock Exchange. AUTOS How to Survive A Breakdown...
...about an auto backed by a guarantee that if it sputters and stalls, the owner will get a free tow and in some cases a hot dinner, a free hotel room and an airline ticket? Starting May 1, Volvos will come with a three-year guarantee of free 24-hour access to service dispatchers who can arrange tows, repairs and even reimbursement of up to $500 for room, board and alternative transportation if needed...
...York City, 1944. After hearing a 15-year-old prodigy named Byron Janis perform, Horowitz invites the boy to study with him. The fee: $50 an hour. "I was awed, inspired and, yes, a little frightened," remembers Janis. "I was aware from what people were telling me and from what I had read about Horowitz that there would be difficulties in working with such a great artist." The pedagogy was unusual. Horowitz advised against practicing too much. (He himself dislikes practicing.) Sometimes the maestro would listen while lying on the floor, offering suggestions from a prone position. "The piano...
After the one-hour, 15-minute nuptial Mass, the limousines and buses delivered the 450 guests to the Kennedy compound, where two huge white tents equipped with heavy sidewalls and heaters kept out the chill breeze off Nantucket Sound. Inside, fruit trees in full pink-and-white bloom gave the lie to the weather, and a sumptuous lunch was capped by an eight-tier wedding cake weighing a whopping 425 lbs. and topped by the traditional bride and groom figures...
...regime may actually bring fresh projects to the news division. Arledge's group is developing ideas for a new hour-long prime-time show, possibly to air in the Thursday time period opposite NBC's top-rated The Cosby Show; several soft news/entertainment shows are also being considered for that slot. Other news programs in development include a weekly half-hour business show for Sunday afternoons and a health series for Saturdays...