Word: walleted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...offering up to 20 million shares in its major subsidiary, International Specialty Products. The deal is as profitable as anything ever concocted in the Wayne, N.J., chemical maker's laboratories -- particularly for chairman Samuel Heyman. The stock he would control could now be worth at least a wallet-fattening $900 million -- more than 20 times what he paid to take GAF private...
Attention, strollers: Have you noticed those guys in the fancy jackets and shades, walking close behind you, listening as you hum to yourself, checking out your look? Don't worry about it. They don't want your wallet. They want to make you a star...
Company president Hiroshi Majima says he hatched the idea when a fellow traveler in China lost his passport, causing the tour group annoying delays. His invention, sold in four-packs for about $72, is meant to be attached to a wallet or passport, where it will noisily remind people not to leave such valuables behind. Most fabrics -- with the exception of sheer swimsuit materials -- should block enough light to stop the music...
Education warranties work much like those for VCRs and refrigerators. If an employer finds that a recent graduate is unable to read, write or calculate proficiently, the school system will offer free remedial instruction, usually in adult- or evening-education classes. Most credentials, which vary from Prince George's wallet-size Guaranteed Employability Certificate to Plymouth- Carver's diploma-size guarantee, apply only to locally employed students. But at least one district -- Montrose County, Colo. -- plans eventually to vouch for its graduates statewide...
...digital-audiotape machines. Inquire particularly about the DAT Walkman, a palm-size dynamo that puts compact-disc-quality sound onto a cassette tape. The store should be receiving its first limited shipment this week. The DAT Walkman is guaranteed to cure CD envy. And clean your ears, and your wallet, right...