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Hayek put up $102 million -- mostly his own money -- and led a group of investors in buying the two companies from the banks. He then merged them, effectively taking control of one-third of the Swiss watch industry, including such famous brands as Omega, Longines, Blancpain, Tissot, Rado and Hamilton. But his big coup was figuring out that a product invented before his arrival could be the high-quality, low-price, plastic quartz watch that would challenge the Japanese at the lower end of the market. The $35-to-$40 Swatch, which reduced by half the usual number of parts...
Though most of the watches are in the more pedestrian price range of $40 to $80, the store does have some high-priced collectibles on display "just for sizzle," said Handa, who also owns the neighboring Alpha Omega Jewelers...
...cholesterol, and the dish of choice in many countries with low rates of heart disease? The answer, as doctors and nutritionists have long maintained is fish. Indeed, experts point out, what little fat there is in some species can actually benefit the consumer; it contains high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which can lower cholesterol levels in humans...
...case for the past year and a half. Although the State Department long viewed the Noriega indictment as a handy political stick with which to oust a greedy and unsavory ally, the Miami prosecution team sees it as a pure and simple drug case. "The alpha and omega of this case is narcotrafficking and personal enrichment," says Tom Cash, special agent in charge of the DEA's Miami office. "This case will be based on what Joe Friday in Dragnet used to say, 'Just the facts...
...come to what some consider the best croquet court in the world to wrest the title from New Zealand's Stephen Jones. "Bloody good," says Williams of the three-ball break. Cleland goes on to defeat Jones, 26-12, in a 90-minute match. The prize: an Omega watch, not much to those on the pro golf or tennis circuits but a king's ransom on the croquet tour and another sign that the once upper-crust game is trickling down...