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...little-known Swiss holding company named Pargesa S.A. was receiving what seemed to be a miraculous infusion of capital: its assets ballooned from $25,000 to $140 million in a month's time. The owners of the newly rich Pargesa, it turned out, were the Becker Group Inc., an American subsidiary of Paribas, together with Canadian, Belgian and Swiss interests that had close ties to Paribas. Pargesa quickly moved to buy control of Paribas Suisse. As a result, when the French government completes the nationalization of Paribas, it will gain only a minority holding in the bank...
...lectures hardly seem designed to leave audiences howling for encores. But such seminars as "Complying with Phase Two Hazardous Waste Regulations under RCRA" and "Planning Your Drilling Program to Minimize Your Windfall Profit Tax" are packing in crowds for the Executive Enterprises, Inc. of New York. The need for businessmen and other professionals to learn more about their own fields has transformed the once sleepy world of educational seminars into a hot new growth field. Explains Long Beach, Calif., Seminar Promoter Dominick M. Shrello: "Things change so fast that people constantly need new knowledge, and seminars can adapt much faster...
From the book Lifegain. by Robert F. Allen. Ph.D., with Shirley Linde Appleton Books (a division of Prentice-Hall. Inc...
Legions of non-sweaters have also grown richer. Nutri/System Inc. of Melrose Park, Pa., earned $44,000 in 1976. By this year earnings had jumped to $9 million on the 408 company-owned or franchised weight-loss centers in 45 states. Says Investment Banker Michael Taylor, who watches Nutri/System carefully: "It's a sybarite's delight, the Me generation personified...
...physical workout is brisk and tiring. Vivacious Jacki Sorensen, 38, the guru of the trend, who now oversees the 42-state chain of Aerobic Dancing Inc. studios, began the movement in 1971 from a church basement in South Orange, N.J. Says she: "It's a fad gone stir crazy." Indeed, Sorensen's and a host of other programs attract an amazing 6 million participants a month. Says a student at Jon Devlin's Dancercise in New York: "My main reason for coming is my head. If I miss three days, I have to come...