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...kinds of foods, and native fare is benefiting from that trend. Says Pass: "American jam isn't necessarily Welch's anymore. We're going back to small artisans. We get foie gras from the Catskills now. Years ago, I crried Stilton, Roquefort, Gorgonzola and Danish blue cheeses. Now I stock about 15 blues, and two are American. I have 20 chèvres, four from the Northeast and two from the West...
...whim or a part-time venture are scrambling to fill orders. General Comet Industries, which licenses a comet logo, has enticed nearly a dozen businesses to slap the trademark onto products such as running shoes and cocktail mixes. General Comet also sells its own paraphernalia, including elegantly engraved "comet stock" certificates at a mere $9.95 per 100 shares. "We started this as a lighthearted spoof," says Ryan, "but the response has been overwhelming." Two years ago, a pair of air-traffic controllers in Albuquerque launched Astroline Products, selling Halley's pins, caps and traveling bags part time. Now the business...
...course, not all. Some (for example, abandoned women with small children) are merely destitute. They are the victims of a declining housing stock, cuts in social spending, gentrification of poor neighborhoods. They need housing, not hospitals...
Wall Street has come a long way since Muriel Siebert became the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, in 1967. Shortly thereafter, Siebert, who has her own firm, became the first woman to trade on the floor of the exchange. Though only a handful of women have become partners at major trading houses, about one-third of Wall Street's younger professionals are now female...
Reverberations from the Houston decision echoed down Wall Street. The day the verdict was announced, Texaco stock fell $3, to close at $36.25, while Pennzoil shot up $7.62, to $57.50. Some irate legal experts felt that the compensation awarded to Pennzoil was disproportionate to the injury. Said Martin Klein, chairman of the American Bar Association's bankruptcy-litigation subcommittee: "Pennzoil is in a better position than it would have been if the merger had gone through...