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...small to medium-size U.S. companies that want to get into Asia, joint ventures with comparable local firms are the way to go, say many experts. "There are really a lot of bargains available," says David Emery, Dun & Bradstreet's managing director for Southeast Asia. He cites one example of a Swiss company that bought a large share of a major Thai Internet provider at roughly half what it would have had to pay only a little earlier...
...dumped more than $10 million into it and plans to increase the fund's size to $50 million by 2000. Local libraries, environmental groups and his alma mater, M.I.T., have benefited handsomely; but Kirsch directs the bulk of his charity to scientists seeking cures for diseases that touch him. Kirsch's father is a diabetic who was recently found to have cancer; his mother suffers from macular degeneration. "Someday I could have to go through what my parents are. So if I can apply my dollars now, then when I'm older, it's possible I can have a better...
Aside from their headline-grabbing size, those gifts reflect changes in the character and aims of big-money philanthropy. While there are still benefactors who hand wads of money to nonprofit institutions to disburse as they wish, today's philanthropists are more likely to approach charity with the same hands-on management they bring to their businesses and stock portfolios. Says H. Peter Karoff, head of the Philanthropic Initiative, a consulting firm that helps wealthy clients donate like investors: "The hard look at the management of charitable groups, the scrutiny of how an organization makes an impact--all those things...
...gone from the supposed highest literary peak to a real working-class one," says Roseanne, "but I'm more excited about the Enquirer because people actually read it and the cartoons are funnier." The comedian says she plans an item on the 10 most beautiful women (none under size 14) and, possibly, something on JonBenet Ramsey. Says she, ever modest: "I've got that one all solved...
...cyst the size of "a deflated basketball" had postponed Janowski's freshman campaign nearly three years earlier. Now, one day after the best day of her basketball life, Janowski found herself on the verge of one of the worst...