Word: thailand
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Technology stocks like Macromedia Inc., Quarterdeck Corp. and Verity Inc. have been pounded down 75%. Tempting. But tech stocks are highly volatile, no place to hide if you've got the jitters. Some overseas markets, including Japan, Thailand, France, Korea and India, offer values. But the soaring dollar means U.S. investors can lose more on the unavoidable currency exchange than they make in those markets. What to do if you want to sleep at night...
...Horayangura, who is from Thailand, the drink is "a little taste of home...
DIED. URAL ALEXIS JOHNSON, 88, U.S. diplomat; in Raleigh, North Carolina. Nearly as enduring as the mountain range after which he was named, Johnson's career spanned more than four decades and encompassed ambassadorships to Czechoslovakia, Thailand and Japan, a stint as Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during the Cuban missile crisis and service as chief U.S. negotiator under Nixon at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks...
...tournaments he entered after turning pro last August and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's Sportsman of the Year award, as well as a five-year, $40 million endorsement deal with Nike. Even before Bay Hill, Woods made news this year with a triumphant swing through his mother's native Thailand, an awe-inspiring victory at the Mercedes Championships and a rare show of petulance after an inconsiderate photographer disturbed his concentration. The snit was perfectly understandable given his age and the demands newly placed on him--demands that can't be kept behind gallery ropes, demands that not even Palmer has faced...
...Indonesia-based conglomerate with major development projects in six Chinese cities. Its most famous former employee is Huang, the Commerce Department official turned fund raiser for the D.N.C., who stayed in regular contact with Lippo no matter what his occupation. Also under scrutiny are the CP Group of Thailand, headed by Chearavanont and represented in Washington by former Democratic fund raiser Pauline Kanchanalak, and San Kin Yip Group of Macau, a business partner of fund-raiser Charlie Trie. Like Lippo, both companies are owned by ethnic Chinese and have ties to Beijing officials. Federal investigators are also looking into...